It's All About the Experience
Experience matters.I've heard that time and again from bloggers, pundits, and my many ventures to Macromedia MAX conferences. Adobe talks about the "engagement platform," but it's still all about the...
View ArticleHammers and Nails
When a new content-creation solution gets rolled out in online course systems, I've seen a tendency at many higher-education institutions to try to turn the tool into the solution for every problem or...
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How Do You Know I'm a WoW Geek?
I may not be the best player in WoW, but I do play quite a bit. I talk about it with my friends, much to my partner's chagrin, but here's how you know I'm a WoW geek: I let it seep in to my work all...
View ArticleHow Creativity is Being Strangled by the Law, or, How the Law is Raising a...
Larry Lessig, of EFF, Creative Commons and Net copyright battle fame, gave an excellent talk at TED in Monterey, CA, earlier this year. In this talk, he makes a pretty good, common sense argument about...
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Flowgram: Next-Generation Demonstrations
Flowgram is a really nifty new, Flex-powered service that takes Web-based demonstrations to the next level. I don't get impressed by many training tools any more as I've been exposed to way too many...
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On App Inventor: Speaking the Language of Novices
Google's App Inventor is a great idea. Empowering consumers to create is always a good thing. Visual Basic was the key to Microsoft's long-time success. Map making tools are the reason why Warcraft III...
View ArticleUnleash Your Inner Spielberg When Presenting
I've had the privilege of speaking at technical and educational conferences for more than a decade. At the turn of the century (it really wasn't that long ago), I was speaking on using streaming media...
View ArticleSpeaking at cf.Objective(), UBTech, but, alas, No Open CF Summit
It looks like it'll be another busy Spring for conference presentations for me this year. I'm honored to have been selected to speak at cf.Objective() this year. I've always enjoyed the conference,...
View ArticleA Few Thoughts on Google's Course Builder
As my primary work revolves around online education and using technology to create an excellent learner experience, part of my job is to keep on top of many of the learning platforms available....
View ArticleNon-Technical Presentations: Double Speaking Duty at UBTech 2013
As much as I love giving talks on Web development at conferences like cf.Objective() and NCDevCon, I also talk at numerous educational technology conferences throughout the year. I've been asked to...
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Slides from My UBTech 2014 Presentation "Unleash Your Inner Spielberg When...
I was asked to speak again this year at UBTech. It's an interesting educational technology conference with a pretty diverse audience of faculty, instructional staff and senior-level administrators. I...
View ArticleSlides from My UBTech 2015 Presentation "From Shakespeare to Spielberg"
Attached to this post are my slides for the presentation I gave at UBTech 2015 today: "From Shakespeare to Spielberg: Designing for the YouTube Generation When Flipping the Classroom." This...
View ArticleMaterials from My "Spielberg, Not Shakespeare" Presentation at UBTech 2017
I always enjoy the UBTech conference. It's an interesting mix of instructional technologists, faculty, administrative deans, and senior IT staff. The sessions are diverse as well, and I always learn...
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