This is a short (and somewhat embarrassing, but instructively useful) post that reflects on a recent development in my work designing online courses... and shows how easy it is to assume that something is "obvious" (when it's not).
GJ
Future-Proof Your Videos: Occasional vs. Content Videos
To get the best results and not make your department go bankrupt in the process, separate course-content videos from occasional videos. This useful distinction deserves to get much more attention...
So Suddenly Online… [OLC Accelerate 2020 #sosuddenlyonline]
What do you do when it turns out that the almost dogmatically orthodox approach to instructional design, the intensely popular, and rarely questioned “backward design” is not going to work for you? Find out...
Develop Online Course Activities that Produce Results
Most recent decade has seen increased interest in conducting well-designed studies that provide actionable guidelines for the design of online activities, based on measurable change in student knowledge...
Blinkist-style book-club activity: manageable book-reading
What's the best approach to get grad students to read complete books, without overwhelming them with work? Here I explore a solution inspired in one of my favorite phone apps, Blinkist, and merging it with an old-fashioned book-club idea...
