Many watching the world of Competency Based Education were again rattled by the most recent news that the Department of Education’s Office of the Inspector General has been auditing Western Governors University for the last three years. The OIG is questioning whether WGU should be downgraded from...
One of the most frustrating things about Professional Development (for both teachers and trainers) is that it’s difficult to get teachers together, and then the training happens, ends, and there is often too little follow up (on both sides).
I think part of the problem with this approach is the wa...
_I was recently asked to email a friend‐of‐a‐friend, a librarian who was asked to do some Instructional Design in Canvas LMS. I’m reprinting my response in case it can benefit any other education/information p...
Response to The Trouble with Online College, NY Times
I think this article is right on the money about the ch...
During the process of evaluating Blackboard as our Learning Management System (LMS), we came to a basic and fundamental question:
“Which tools do faculty really use?”
Although most of the core functions of an online course can be managed with a blog, Learning Management systems come stuf...
Our university is evaluating Learning Management Systems right now, and comparing the features of Blackboard 9.1, MoodleRooms Joule, and Instructure’s Canvas LMS has forced me to think about basic tools in online learning. Which tools do we...