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Author: JR
Encountering the most profound belonging
Chris Corrigan shared an experience recounting a recent trip in British Columbia. The description of his encounter with wildlife is well worth the read. I was fortunate to spend time in the Alberta/BC mountain ranges this summer and connect with the way he describes seeing, hearing, smelling, just really being present in nature. Since then […]
EinstiegH5P for trying out H5P Creation
A certain dog was barking in the OE Global Connect yard and brought this one to my attention. You can sign up to get regularly updates of lots of really interesting Open Ed and Ed Tech related resources via email too. Apparently Nele Hirsch, one of our Open Ed peers over in Germany, has created […]
Building the Blogwall One Brick at a Time
I saw Reclaim Hosting was having some guest bloggers as an upcoming series, and the first one out of the gate was Lee discussing how ReadyWriting came to be. I’ve been thinking about that post on and off ever since. In part, I think it’s because Lee went pretty far back in her own journey […]
Using Tabs Interactions in E-Learning Revisited, Again
Going back to 2020, when I did more elearning hero challenges without using Articulate products (the InArticulate eLearning Hero series), I touched on some examples of using tabs in elearning: Using Tabs Interactions in E-Learning (2020) #272 Using Tabs Interactions in E-Learning Revisited I have a current use case where I need to show users […]
A New Cross-Canada Instructional Design/Online Learning Community
So the episode name is actually, Dave Cormier Gets COLD, the latest episode of Terry Greene’s Gettin’ Air Podcast. I think it’s the first new episode in awhile (or that I’ve caught at least) – NICE Terry! They lead in with a bit of Dave’s current work; recent book, his role at TRU, kids driving, […]
Yes, You Can Add H5P to Rise360 – Here’s How
I have a habit of jamming H5P into projects. Mostly that’s because when it comes to elearning authoring tools, it’s my favourite. Overall it blends portability, ease-of-use, and functionality in a balanced way. For example, sure you can make an interactive video using Storyline, but H5P makes it much faster, simpler, and easily replicable. Unfortunately […]
Just a QR Code
There was a period of time that link shorteners were the thing – think Google URL Shortener (RIP like so many Google things), and bit.ly – and as I recall, QR codes were rising at that time as well. Back then, before seemingly everyone had a computer with a camera in their pocket, I wondered […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2025-04-20
I ran into this on Bionic Teaching and thought it was worth making note of. There are lots of resources out there for web accessibility, and it’s something I talk to people about from time to time. I’m grateful for the course W3C put together and the course I took at UAlberta. I make use…
Ever wonder how much energy your chats with LLMs use?
I came across this tool via Sasha Luccioni on LinkedIn. I started following Di. Luccioni’s work after listening to Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 19 – The Murky Climate and Environmental Impact of Large Language Models. That quote about “how much water getting ChatGPT to write your email” you’ve probably seen all over social…
Not being bored is why you always feel busy
From Doug Belshaw’s Thought Shrapnel, this post reminded me a bit of the Note to Self Bored and Brilliant challenge from maybe decade ago. It also echoes of one of the lessons I’ve learned from karate, to be weary of the three Zs (“zees”): too busy, too lazy, too easy. Anyway, it lead to to…
AI Badge – AI Usage Transparency System
I came across this one via Tom Woodward’s Bionic Teaching. If you land on the page in French there is an English version. Badge AI was created by Philippe Bourque, CEO of Cérebrum and an Artist Engineer from Quebec City. Taking inspiration from Creative Commons, Badge AI offers a framework for creators to show how…