Below you can find the slides I used for the CIDER session that was organized by the Canadian Institute for Distance Education yesterday. If you want to hear the whole story with more information on each slide and the somewhat coherent story behind the slides, you can have a look at this 57 minute recording session. The recorded session starts with an introduction delivered by the wonderful Dan Wilton, and takes off at 7 minutes into the recording. First research data mlearn2012 mobile access in mooc course from Inge Ignatia de Waard. MORE >>

Internet Time Lab needed a logo for its iPhone app to measure emotion. At my partner’s suggestion, I turned to 99designs.com , “the fastest growing design marketplace in the world.” ” Their site says they’ve conducted 174,000 design contests and paid out $1.4 million to designers last month. I’d never heard of them. Nine days ago, I posted a spec for what I wanted, put $149 on my credit card, and began receiving design options. 23 23 designers submitted a total of 62 entries. withdrew their designs. designers made my short list. I’ll be back. MORE >>

Management Challenge Program Designer Kate McLagan is penning our latest blog series “Top 5 Mistakes Managers Make” Over the next five weeks, Kate will explore these critical mistakes that managers make in their relationships with their direct reports. Read on for Part 4: Failing to Delegate. Manager Mistake #4: Failing to Delegate. With today’s emphasis on teamwork, the ability to delegate is critical to the team’s success. Managers frequently complain that they have too much to do and too little time in which to do it. Avoid This Mistake: Delegate responsibility, not work. MORE >>

ADDIE is good, SAM is good. DMADDI is good. AGILE is good. Rapid instructional design is good. But sometimes a course design project can be overwhelming, and these design models are not specific enough to answer the question, “OK, so what do I write on the page right now?” ” In this blog post, I’d like to share some steps to take to simplify the instructional design process so you can get started right away and continue making progress until you are done. Write Learning Objectives:  This is where to start when you do not know where to start. There is not rule here. MORE >>

This may be the first time EVER that I have been one of the first folks with a new hot toy. As I mentioned in the last post - I have to replace my personal laptop. tried to use my Kindle Fire as that replacement. love it, but I am finding it is a little TOO minimal. tried to use the iPad. Despite the improvements to the Apple app ecosystem and to the hardware, I still find it to be a better consumption tool than production tool. And sticking peripherals on the thing seems to defeat the purpose of the product. So I went out on Saturday and bought myself a Surface. Connects to the internet fast. MORE >>