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 […]
Category: Educational Technology and Design
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 […]
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…
How to Use Digital Learning – Part Deux
As I mentioned in How to Use Digital Learning – Part I (gee was that already months ago?) last June I had the priviledge of having work shared with the world alongside so many amazing contributors in the edited book How to use digital learning with confidence and creativity. I’ve been reading it from start to…
Get That Bird Off Your Book (a how-to)
I had a question come in recently about how to deal with social media icons, and share buttons, on a Pressbook. There is one social media platform in particular that was at the root of the question. So I’m cataloging here for authors, editors, network admins, etc. a few different approaches you could take. Option…
HTML Tip – Links to Text Fragments
I’ve slowly gotten more comfortable over the years with popping open developer tools to inspect webpages to see how things work or to figure out what the heck is going on. Today a colleague and I were discussing options for linking to external sources for training. There are challenges with resources in elearning. You could…
How to Use Digital Learning – Part I
This past June I had the priviledge of having work shared with the world alongside so many amazing contributors in the edited book How to use digital learning with confidence and creativity. I’ve been slowly making my way through it, reading it start to finish, even though the design and intent of the book is that you…
My Top 10 Learning Tools for 2024
Jane Hart has surveyed and published the Top 100 Tools for Learning list for the last decade. Here are my current top tools, in no particular order. Feedly—RSS lives! This app has been a lifeline for following blogs and other publications since I abandoned that social media site whose name shall not be mentioned. I…
Things I was wrong about pt2: The Death of the VLE
I smell another book from Martin Weller (this would actually be a great one to follow up 25 Years of Ed Tech). His latest blog series looks at What I Was Wrong About and the second post is all about the death of the VLE (or LMS on this side of the Atlantic). I sympathize with…
Role of AI chatbots in education: systematic literature review
Labadze, L., Grigolia, M., & Machaidze, L. (2023). Role of AI chatbots in education: systematic literature review. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 20(1), 56. Overview The article systematically reviews the role of AI chatbots in education, analyzing their benefits, challenges, and potential limitations. It examines the integration of chatbots from the perspectives of students…