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
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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
Three Awesome Years!
Well, we have been successful for three years in our little 9x9x25 Challenge! Along with over 100 wonderful posts about teaching and learning, we had our nice house plants from Justin Brereton and we added some nice ceramic pots from
Bob’s Wall
The names have been modified to protect the innocent. Bob has an office. He is a college advisor so he has a lot of students visit him in his office. Bob is thoughtful, good at his work and respected by
A Week in the Life
What does a week of work look like in an online class? Read some book? Watch some lecture? Respond to a couple classmates in a discussion? Take some quiz? Yeah, that sounds close right? Quality Matters might tell us to
Teaching & Learning Centers
Last week I did a presentation for some faculty at San Juan Community College in Farmington, New Mexico about our 9x9x25 Challenge. It was part of their Technology Innovations conference that was followed the next day by a Canvas conference.
The Walmartification of Reading
My 17 year old daughter made this remark about her AP Senior Literature textbook the other day. “I hate this book.” That came from a kid who is and has always been an avid reader and who has a room
The View at #instcon was Awesome!
Last week I traveled to Utah for a first hand look at the Instructure Canvas conference. I had seen the tweets last year. I had heard the stories. Could it really be that different from any of the other big
A Brown Paper Bag for Branding
Here at the college we are moving from Blackboard to Canvas at a rather quick pace. Thank goodness the Canvas Guides are pretty awesome and organized. The Canvas Vimeo site has some great tutorials and they too are organized mostly