I suppose there are a lot of reasons why it has come to this point. Why we still settle for passive classrooms full of students asked to do little more than listen for an hour a week or more. Why
Author: Todd Conaway
Ways to Use Videos in Your Class
Last week I spoke to some of the Masters of Nursing faculty about the various ways video content can be used in a classroom. As I am new here to UW, I do not have a lot of openly available
I’ll See You at the DML Conference. Somewhere.
What a fantastic gathering of tinkerers, thinkers, crafters, and educational philosophers! The Digital Media and Learning conference in Irvine California kicks off today. But you know what, I am not there… But I feel kinda like I am there. I
“it isn’t a course, just a camp…” And that is Brilliant.
The Program for Online Teaching, or POT as it is affectionately known, has been around since 2005. I think I saw it around 2007 or 2008. Having read some of the writing of Lisa Lane and seeing that it was
What Visual Aids Do You Use in Class?
I have often joked that my favorite week in school was the “using visual aids” week. When you go to college to be a teacher, using visual aids is one of the topics covered. I learned all about using visual
2016 eLearning Symposium
This week I completed my first real training with faculty at the second annual eLearning Symposium here at the University of Washington | Bothell. The focus of the day was on elearning tools and active learning. We tried to do
Soft Canvas Cookies
We had some good success with our Blackboard 57 Second Tips of the Week videos. They were short. Specific. Easy to watch. Useful information. Early on they were very much “click here to do that” but they evolved into some
How I Can Help?
Hi there. Sorry to miss the opportunity to meet you all in the room, but I am off to attend my awesome daughter’s high school graduation! Here is a short introduction in the video below. From simple to complex, from
14 Days in Washington
Here we go! pic.twitter.com/85kSQgHKmf — Todd Conaway (@Todd_Conaway) April 18, 2016 I have been here at the University of Washington Bothell for exactly two weeks. After almost 40 years in the middle of Arizona and 20 working in high school
ITC Conference 2016
Instructional Technology Conference 2016 February 14th to 17th, Scottsdale Arizona Last year we saw Phil Hill ( https://twitter.com/PhilOnEdTech ) from http://mfeldstein.com/ and this year we had his partner in crime Michael Feldstein. These guys are always great to read as
The Long Term Effects of “This Never Works.”
A few years back we bought some Collaborate licenses and the faculty member who had the greatest success with using it as a tool to communicate with his students had used it as a student while earning his graduate degree.
YouTube Quick Capture and a Lesson Learned
Some years back, a number of our faculty began using the “quick capture” feature in YouTube. They loved it because it was so simple to use. Only a few clicks and you had your weekly welcome to class or a