Today’s reading is about elearning authoring tools. It’s a bit of murky territory and I’m trying to set the criteria to limit my reading and tools under consideration. For example, the learning guild produced a report about the top tools learning and development professionals use in their work (2021). Many of the usual suspects are…
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Growing tomatoes outdoors in Scotland
Most tomato growers in Scotland grow theirs in their greenhouses because to be honest, our weather is unreliable in the spring and summer months and not always as warm as we’d like in early autumn. Which means, for warm weather crops like tomatoes, we …
Creating a CPR in Veterinary Medicine Scenario in H5P
Through the end of 2022 I had the privilege of working with Jen Loewen on a branching scenario about CPR in veterinary medicine. This was a really cool project and a perfect example of an approach to instructional design that started with design & prototyping and used iterative feedback to dial in the design and…
Better to Write in Second or Third Person for Scenarios?
When it comes to scenario-based learning approaches, Christy’s blog is often a first stop for me to see what she’s either experienced or dug up from literature. This particular question has come up from time to time working on scenarios: Is it better to write in the second or third person for scenarios? Christy offers…
Everyone needs a librarian
We
think about librarianship being primarily about cataloguing and
inventory; knowing which books are in stock and exactly where they
all are. The profession itself regards its work as being about
precise service; matching what a customer wants …
Guru-itis potentially fatal to good teachers
I encountered this article via Downes OLDaily, Grant Frost, frostededucation, Feb 10, 2023 “Among professional fields of study,” writes Grant Frost. “I am not sure any can quite match education when it comes to the prevalence of what I like to call ‘Guruitis’,” a term he uses to describe “the penchant that educational authorities have for…
Reclaiming ProComOER
I’ve worked as an instructional designer (or very adjacent roles) in higher education for over ten years. Over that time, I’ve had the opportunity to work on hundreds of courses and projects involving staff training, knowledge bases, tutorials, etc. When I look back on the projects I’ve worked on in that time, the ProComOER is…
The BEST seed storage and organisation system I’ve ever had
At least once a week I’m asked how I organize my seeds, and until now I didn’t think I was doing anything fancy, but I’ve realized that actually I have a pretty nifty system for storing seeds and organizing them to make it easy to fin…
Will it survive the frosts? Hardiness ratings for your plants
As a youtube gardener, my garden is shared with a worldwide audience of keen gardeners. We share information, learn from each other and get to experience gardening from different perspectives. It really is such an amazing opportunity to learn and the s…
On missing flash and hitting pages
I bumped into this post via Pat Lockely on Linkedin and it made me reflect on a couple of things, including kicking me into gear to write a bit about a project from last year I’ve been meaning to write about, so thanks Pat! I’m doing a lot of work in articulate 360 or storyline…
Everything you need to know about growing tomatoes
This week I’ve started the first in a series – so for all you tomato growers or would-be tomato growers, this is for you. This one is all the background info you need to know in order to grow tomatoes successfully. It isn’t about havi…
Convert PowerPoint Presentation Into an eLearning Module
This post, Convert PowerPoint Presentation Into an eLearning Module, came across my feed via Downes. Downes comments, The audience for an article like this is a corporate or commercial e-learning provider working either for a company or freelance looking to quickly produce content that … can be interactive and may include activities, quizzes, videos, and…