The idea behind our current Canvas, Coffee, and Cookies is as old as time. Be it Bagels and Blackboard, Donuts and D2L, or Cereal and Sakai, they all use food to drive some faculty towards our doors in the hopes
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Six Years of 9x9x25 and Other Numbers
I have always thought that if the good faculty I know shared more of their practices and hopes, I would not be needed in my work as an “instructional designer.” I think that the 9x9x25 allowed us to progress in
Of Rectangles and Magnets
I have drawn a lot of outlines. As a high school English teacher, I often had students use pencils and blank, unlined paper to sketch ideas for storylines or essays. As often as I pressed for the paper version, in
Interviewing Your Domain for @ontarioextend
What is your domain name and what is the story, meaning behind your choice of that as a name? I had trouble being in rectangular rooms eight hours a day as a student. It is odd that I now work
Less is More
A lesson I learned and I am still learning. As a parent, as an educator, and as a learner, I am still learning when to take control and when to be patient and listen more to the directions of others.
Presenting Past the 32 People in the Room
I love this topic. I have two complaints. And I have a few possible solutions. PART ONE: CONFERENCES SHOULD DEMAND MORE THAN POWERPOINT FILES As a conference presenter, I remember the first time I saw that I could upload a
Some Presentations about Presentations about Presentations
Over the last year I have been asked to do a few short “How to make/deliver a presentation” presentations for some nursing classes. Originally, the request was for some Pecha Kucha sort of presentations, but the last two have been
2017 UW | Bothell eLearning Symposium
We completed our Third Annual eLearning Symposium yesterday here at UW | Bothell. We had about twenty faculty and staff from not only the Bothell campus, but Seattle too. It was great to see our colleagues from UW take the
Of Vinyl Signs and Other Signs
I am lucky to be able to walk to work. I do. Everyday. I walk along a river and through a park. It is beautiful. Today, when I reached the campus I made a short detour and stopped by the
When You Plan for Fun Activities but Just Keep Talking
Last week, I attended the Building Bridges conference in Spokane, Washington. The conference is regional, always located in the Pacific Northwest states, and it brought a variety of people in the education landscape to the beautiful downtown area of Spokane.
Our New 20 Minute a Day Canvas Workout!
This should be fun! Along with sort of moderating it, I just finished two presentations for next month. One is about changing our professional development model from a static resource and one hour workshop to some longer events. The other
Story: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
A huge hero of mine has taken the day off from all this electric rectangular bright and chaotic mumbo jumbo. In fact, he is taking the year off. That is an interesting idea. To me anyway. I remember thinking as