Category: Instructional Design

  • PowerPoint Office Mix: Creating Interactive Presentations with PowerPoint

    PowerPoint Office Mix: Creating Interactive Presentations with PowerPoint

    October 24, 2017 Update: Office Mix is moving out of Preview and will be part of PowerPoint by default. This will still be relevant until January 2018 but you should consider following these instructions to migrate. Okay, Power Point isn’t sexy. But we know how to use PowerPoint and at last Microsoft has provided a good reason…

  • A Hybrid Course Design Framework for Online Learning

    A Hybrid Course Design Framework for Online Learning

    [dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith the explosion of hybrid and online courses, educators are often faced with the daunting task of not only learning a new set of digital tools but also completely re-imagining their approach to student engagement. Frequently institutions provide training on new educational technologies but best practices common to successful web design and online learning projects…

  • Educational Tech Review: Swivl

    Educational Tech Review: Swivl

    Yesterday I spent a couple of hours evaluating SWIVL for potential use at the University of Houston (UH). I thought I would jot down my early impressions of the potential usability and value of SWIVL for academic institutions. SWIVL jumped onto the scene as a Kickstarter project in December 2012 and has delivered on its…

  • Lecture Capture Best Practices

    Lecture Capture Best Practices

    Brief Background Streaming media technologies allow real-time and asynchronous online dissemination of multimedia. Lecture capture helps deliver educational programs to improve the effectiveness of distance learning. A lingering challenge of turning instructional design and technological processes into sound pedagogical practice is the narrow focus on hardware. The benefits of a technology-rich classroom include increased social…