Colin Simpson

Reframing a job interview as a class

So I had an interview for an eLearning Developer job the other day and I feel like I fizzed it. I’m not entirely sure why – I’m utterly qualified for the position (it’s pretty much […]

Crap detection – tools for information literacy

Howard Rheingold and a number of other Internetizens are curating a great list of resources that should help you sort the information wheat from the chaff online. The (current) full list is available as a […]

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry | Now Enrolling

15 April 2014 education, elearn, elearning, free, hogwarts, learning, mooc, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://bit.ly/1iQSjDY Now this is a MOOC that I approve of – study seven courses (9 lessons each) at Hogwarts online. via Delicious (via IFTTT)

Get Comic Neue – a more stylish Comic Sans

9 April 2014 font, fonts, screenface, typography by Colin Simpson

http://bit.ly/1hpTeOW I don’t mind this – and it’s been released into the public domain without even requiring attribution by designer Craig Rozynski via Delicious (via IFTTT)

How to use Badges in Moodle – for both teachers and students

20 March 2014 badges, how-to, Moodle by Colin Simpson

Here are a couple of guides that I have put together to help teachers and students use the Badge tool in Moodle (built on OpenBadges) It is a slightly convoluted process that hopefully will be […]