Tag: teaching
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Micro-Learning and the Future of Education
Since the advent of formalized education, there have been those suggesting it is outdated and about to radically change. While changes do occur, can occur, and should occur – it’s also a bit reactionary to jump at each new trend and suggest it will replace all that has gone before. Radio in Education, Cable TV…
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Analytics – without the prefix
Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Financial Analytics, AI-Driven Analytics – there seems to be little shortage of different analytical focus points and tools. It may be worth making some effort to understand analytics in general – without the prefix. What are Analytics and how do they relate to Analysis? In the programs I teach, I have…
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Cloud Services Overview
Whenever I discuss Cloud Services – online or in person – I still receive hesitation by some. It seems that the fear of Social Media data mining has, somehow, been extended to include Cloud Services. While still a small percentage of “dislikes”, there are few other topics on my YouTube channel that evoke such passionate…
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Making Online Courses Engaging
The challenge with a lot of online courses, at least in my opinion, is that they are actually pretty boring. The pattern they follow seems to be: That’s pretty boring. It doesn’t surprise me that completion rates for these types of online courses is low. What we need are to take best practices from classroom…
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Microsoft Whiteboard Updated
This week, the Microsoft Whiteboard underwent some significant updates to both its interface and functionality. There are several changes, so I created a YouTube video on these, but here are a few highlights. Check out the video I posted for a tour of all of the above (and more)
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Taking Notes – how do we make them useful?
Note-taking for learning, research, and to try to stay organized and capture experiences is something I think almost everyone does. It’s certainly a popular topic in the “Productivity” space on Social Media. There’s the Journalling Influencers – with their Moleskin and Leuchtturm books – filled with Bullet Journals, sketches, and the “da Vinci Way” Then,…
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Digital Whiteboards – an Essential Tool
There are very few images that bring up the concept of education as the picture of a chalkboard. The idea of teaching without this tool (or it’s contemporary equivalent – the dry-erase board) seems impossible. We’ve been using a board at the front of a room to teach for a very long time. There are…
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AI Will Change Education – We Need to Adapt
Will AI tools such as ChatGPT force us to rethink how we teach? I think so.
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Productive Learning Using Technology
Technology as an enabling tool in education is far from a new idea. The ability to leverage technology to assist in the learning process is a vast topic – and one that is at the heart of the majority of my writing, my teaching, and my YouTube Channel. Placing structure before toolsets is important. The…
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Resources for Teaching and Learning
This isn’t as much of a BLOG post as just a list of some resources I have for Teaching, Learning, and Remote work. I was asked to share this – so I thought I’d make it available here.
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