technology
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Afternoon Keynote
Jared SteinVP, Canvas Higher Education Strategy Notes/Thoughts Jared started with a phrase coined by Alec Couros, “Thinning the Walls.” https://twitter.com/frederikatncvps/status/755848842906439680 How can we make Canvas so flexible that it allows for different teaching/learning styles and be useful for K-12 and Higher Education. My concern is that their only focusing on K-12 and Higher Education — What
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It’s a Mobile World
Session Abstract Let’s explore a day in the life with Canvas Mobile apps. This includes the daily, real-time experience of student and use by faculty while on-the-go. This session will help teachers and designers better understand student use, how to optimize course content, minimize confusion, and create an awesome learning experience, anywhere. Notes/Thoughts The session
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Design Thinking for Learning Design
Robin BartolettiUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center Session Abstract As a process to develop an online course, design thinking is about stating with people and applying the tools of creative design like storytelling, prototyping, away days, brain writing, and experiementation. Learn key methods to try as you build your own Canvas course.The room is
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Morning Keynote: Education to Better Their World – Unleashing the Power of 21st Century Kids
Marc PrenskyColonial Future Education Foundation and InstituteAnother morning with bad wifi for the keynote, so I’m typing this offline. Tl;dr The ends of education for the future should be not just improving individuals, but improving their world.Marc Prensky is most known for coining the term “digital native” and now does speaking on the future of
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InstructureCon: Opening Keynote
The Internet isn’t working in the ballroom, so I don’t know how much I’ll be able to follow the Twitter feed or post these thoughts to my blog. Worst case scenario, I’ll post all of my thoughts at the end of the evening, if the Internet continues to give out.Given that this is my first
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eLearning Assessments: My Troubles
It’s been a few months sice my last post – if you remember, I was very active back in February during the annual ITC eLearning Conference. I’ve thought about posting something new for the last few weeks, but I’ve had a hard time figuring out what exactly I wanted to blog about. Some of the