The other day I was asked what is the best way to instruct and stay organized with continuous intake, asynchronous courses? First of all, let’s break that down: Continuous intake: a course that is self-paced where enrollments are ongoing. Students start when they register, and they are given their own completion deadline (or the course … Continue reading How do you successfully manage an online course?
Writing Powerful Objectives
If a seasoned instructor or instructional designers wants to determine whether your training looks “worth it”, they are going to look at one thing right away: your objectives – also often referred to as “course outcomes”. These are those unassuming but powerful little things you’ve advertised that people will learn from your course. And you’ve … Continue reading Writing Powerful Objectives
To GIF or not to GIF?
GIFs have been listed as one of the big trends to watch in education. I know, you’ve seen them on Facebook and really don't see how they can offer any value in your course design. Well Forbes, The New York Times, NASA, Dell, Disney, Coca Cola, Nike, Netflix, McDonald’s and FOX (and many more!) all … Continue reading To GIF or not to GIF?
Giving Excellent Feedback
Strong, helpful feedback is such a powerful tool that we have in our ‘Instructor Tool Box’ and don’t use nearly as well as we could. Nor do we often recognize the value that our feedback has. We kind of slide it to the bottom of our tool box and focus more on a quick comment … Continue reading Giving Excellent Feedback
Great News! We can work together remotely
You've arrived on this site thinking you could really use some help with your teaching or training, even if it's to just liven it up a little, but were disappointed to see that I work from Vancouver and Toronto and you work and live in a little northern town too far away to mention? No … Continue reading Great News! We can work together remotely