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Leading Projects – A (un)successful rollout

Due to opportunities identified via external audit, my organization was looking to implement technology that would allow creation of classes, capturing enrollment as per the facilitators input and allow for post-class acknowledgement by the participants for an employee group without… Continue Reading →

Attributes Needed to be a Successful Leader

Narrowing down the most important attributes in a leader was a more difficult exercise then I expected, and even more challenging is putting into words why certain attributes matter more to me in a leader than others, as an argument… Continue Reading →

7 Design Principles

When thinking through design principals, an exercise I haven’t had the opportunity to complete in the past, I found it challenging to focus on the needs of the learner vs. the wants of the organization. It was very interesting to… Continue Reading →

Micro-learning and Short Message Service, AKA revolutionizing digital learning?

While researching innovation in instructional design I came across a paper titled “Revolutionizing online learning: How micro-learning and SMS technologies are changing the game” which the writer claimed (in the title, no less!) to be ‘changing the game’ (Stafford, 2023,… Continue Reading →

Innovation via Acronyms: IoT, ULE, U-learning

Vigorous scouring of the internet for recent innovation in technology and education led me to the Internet of Things (IoT), a new term I hadn’t yet come across, but which caught my eye, and further led to diving into Ubiquitous… Continue Reading →

Exploring Design Models – ADDIE vs. Everyone

This week’s blog challenged learners not only to explore multiple models of design but to also ask how these models can be used and/or adapted in individualized context, be that from the point of view of corporate learning, K-12, or… Continue Reading →

Speculative Futures – 2030

I decided to tackle the ask of what technology may look like in 2030 from the point of view of an administrator of a highschool – a principal. The position isn’t what’s important though; using this format helped me put… Continue Reading →

Activity 7: Exploring Possible Futures

For Assignment 3 Speculative Futures Essay I have decided to focus mainly on the use of adaptive learning technologies and AI learning education applications, and how the two could potentially be leveraged to create tailored learning that can meet the… Continue Reading →

Methods and Means: the Media Debate in 2023

Co-written by the extraordinary Andrea Evans Smith Clark and Kozma represent two polarized opinions regarding technology in education, and while technology has advanced in leaps and bounds since their respective articles were published in 1994 (Clark’s Media will Never Influence… Continue Reading →

Tech in Education – You Should Know Jaime Donally

The chapter that most captured my attention within Weller’s 25 Years of Ed Tech (2020) focused on virtual worlds, related to K-12 education. As a mom of an 11-year-old son, virtual worlds and gamification are a large part of everyday… Continue Reading →

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