I’m presenting at TCC Online Conference 2018! Digital Badges Exposed is a 45-minute session at 4 pm Hawaii/7 pm Pacific/10 pm Eastern. Program Description Our academic library’s tutorials program has dramatically scaled up the number of students that receive basic library instruction without requiring any additional librarian time beyond development and maintenance. This program gives […]
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This webinar featured 20 amazing applications for educators. We covered apps that increase student engagement, apps for you (and your students!) to create your own instructional media, and productivity apps to keep you focused and organized. All of the featured apps are free and cross-platform. Presentation sponsored by ALA University Libraries Section. View the […]
I presented recently at ACRL and Electronic Resources & Libraries on my digital badges/tutorials program, on digital badge technology, and on effective learning object design. These are now available as a three-part recording via YouTube! Get more information and download my slides from my conference post. Enjoy. Navigate: Part 1: Introduction/Spark Tutorials Part 2: Digital […]
Instructional design-related librarianship is a growing field, just like instructional design is. I get asked periodically about what it is exactly that I do, and while I love sharing my own experience, someone with the exact same job title as me might do something very different. I always encourage others to learn more about instructional […]
I’m presenting at ACRL and ER&L 2017! My presentations are about my Spark Tutorials project and the technology needed to make digital badges happen. Both my slides and my handouts are licensed as CC-BY-4.0. You are welcome to download them, reuse them, redistribute them, etc., as long as you give me attribution. A three-part recording […]
So you’ve built an eLearning course – congratulations! Now, you want to give your learners access via the open web. (If you want to host it on an LMS, that’s a whole ‘nother topic!). Maybe you’re building your portfolio, maybe you want the SME to review it, maybe you just really enjoy building tutorials and […]
The idea of digital badges is that you offload lower level library instruction (what’s a database?) onto a website, then motivate and reward students for doing some online learning by awarding them colorful badges that they can show off on LinkedIn and other places. How awesome is that!? We save in-person instructional time, and students can […]