Web stories, a.k.a insta-stories are visual stories, usually published in portrait mode, that contain photos, graphics, videos, animations, audio clips, polls, call to actions, and quiz questions. They are all over your news feeds and social media channels, just begging to be clicked. So why not use them for learning? Here’s a quick one that …
Here’s a product video I created for the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration. Over the past few years I’ve been doing a lot of exploration with animation – books, tools, and blogs. If you have a story to tell, and explainer video is a great way to do it. This project also included …
ADM Advantage wanted to offer courses to farmers to help them develop financial acumen to support their farms. They needed a small-scale external LMS that could grow with their audience. After completing a vendor analysis, it was determined that building a custom LMS using WordPress (the same as their existing CMS) and LearnDash would be …
PACT is a Twin Cities-based association for digital learning professionals. I have been a member for many years and have served on the board twice as Communication Chair and Technology Chair. The Content Management System that PACT’s website was built on was sunsetting and the organization needed a new website by the end of the …
Admittedly, I only drink decaf coffee (what’s the point, right). But I am fascinated by the science, history, and culture behind coffee. Here’s an imagining of a performance support app for a new barista. This was built in Angular.js with Angular Material. This was a project where I learned a ton about JavaScript and was …
As instructional designers, we all have unique strengths that we bring to the field, diverse perspectives on what instructional design is, and different ways to approach design projects or an instructional design project workflow. This survey allows instructional designers to reflect on their practice and make some difficult reflective choices. What do you truly value …
This is a framework I created to assess the capabilities of a team and determine whether it’s viable as a learning modality within the organization. If not, what are the tools, skills, and delivery systems needed to be able to make it viable? First, I made a blue sky list of modalities. This is not …