education design

Designing DDLR & DDeLR – Assessments

assessment, education, education design, elearning, learning, Practical tips, reflection by Colin Simpson

Today is all about pinning down the most appropriate types of assessments for this subject. Yesterday I think I got a little caught up in reviewing the principles of good assessment – which was valuable […]

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Designing DDLR and DDeLR – a live blog

ed tech, edtech, education, education design, elearning, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

In three weeks time (Friday 17/10) I’ll start teaching the Design and Develop Learning Resources (DDLR) and Design and Develop eLearning Resources (DDeLR) subjects for the Diploma of Vocational Education and Training. (Dip VET) It’s […]

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Negotiation and Conflict Resolution – Open2Study – a course review

education design, free, mooc by Colin Simpson

On the weekend I wrapped up studying Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, a free 4 week/module online course offered through Open2Study Open2Study is the MOOC* offering of Open Universities Australia, a more conventional provider of free […]

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Reframing a job interview as a class

education, education design by Colin Simpson

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 […]

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Using Feedback in Moodle for more than student evaluations & Using Padlet

activity, assessment, education, education design, ePortfolio, interaction, interactive, Moodle, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

The first in our series of CITFLN TeacherNet Show and tell sessions went well with Jo Whitfield sharing some ideas about using the Feedback tool for more than student evaluations and I presented Padlet, an […]

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Digital Research – a double edged sword (infographic)

agency, ed tech, education, education design, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Allison Morris has shared a very interesting infographic that she worked on about digital research with regard to U.S college students. She discusses this image in a blog post at Infantium – http://www.infantium.com/blog/2013/05/25/students-and-digital-research/ It clearly […]

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Learning from Board Games :: UXmatters

blog, education design, elearning, screenface, usability by Colin Simpson

http://ht.ly/oLHfp Some great usability tips that we can draw from board games via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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Learning design: Why you want to lead with the scenario

activity, assessment, education design, scenario, screenface, training by Colin Simpson

http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2013/08/why-you-want-to-put-the-activity-first/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cathy-moore%2FLPhE+%28Cathy+Moore%29 This post by Cathy Moore (and another that I came across not too long ago here at Computing Education Blog ) struck a chord with me. In essence, they are both saying that learners […]

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San Jose State’s MOOC Missteps Easy to See – Higher Education

education, education design, elearning, mooc, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://diverseeducation.com/article/54903/# Some useful lessons about running MOOCs gained by looking at a poorly run one. The fact that these courses were still being built as they were being delivered – something perhaps not uncommon in […]

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Great e-Learning designs for Moodle – Karyn Milne CIT Creative Industries

education design, elearning, Moodle, Practical tips, teachers, video by Colin Simpson

The following short video (5:03) showcases some of the fantastic design work that one of our Creative Industries teachers – Karyn Milne – has done in her Moodle course. (We call our Moodle system eLearn, […]

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