I just finished Pasi Sahlberg's Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland? (the series on school reform) (2010 ( Read more... )

I'm reading about teaching. I read a blog entry where someone was complaining about how stupid it was that they were forced to teach math with group learning and no practice and the kids were all confused. So the writer, who was planning to teach for only three years (as part of the Americorp program, I think), just ignored that and did what ( Read more... )

Last one.

Developing Effective Distance Learning Visuals

Forty-five minutes on how to spread out a busy, complicated graphic into several Power Point slides. I exaggerate, but not as much as I wish.

The Design in Instructional DesignThis one was mostly theory, but with a sense of humor to make it more palatable ( Read more... )

BreakfastI had a lovely breakfast with people who talked about things that were actually interesting. There's a community being built for disabled people who can almost but not quite live independently. Indiana offers some cool-sounding four-summer language immersion programs. Costa Rica has pathways between all their preserves so that animals ( Read more... )

Today I learned a few things, most of which will be of no interest to you. I'm recording them anyway, mostly for my own use.

Keynote SessionThe two instructional designers I was sitting with wanted more centralization of everything because that makes things easier. A specific example: A professor gets paid extra to develop a course online. ( Read more... )