Effective Online Learning Designing an effective online course requires intentional actions by the designer and instructor. Providing...

Sam and Instructional Design Brief History With the multitude of instructional design models out there, SAM has the least number of steps...

Understanding the Learning Context Developing an Instructional Analysis seems to be a daunting task. There were three phases as part of...

Why Theory is Important When Designing a Course Theories in any field are the foundation for application. We need to understand the...

Utilizing Video in Your Class to Enhance Engagement Much to the chagrin of classic 80's MTV, video has become the standard for sharing...

Using Audio as a Learning Medium in Academia A Brief History Podcasts made their impact early in the 2000's as internet connections were...

Using Storyboards to Create a Well Designed Course What is storyboarding? For those that may not be aware of what storyboarding is and...

A Move Away from Traditional Grading Policy Synthesis Standards Based Grading (SBG) has been gaining ground as it measures the successful...

The Benefits of Social Media in Mobile Learning Mobile learning refers to any type of learning that happens when the learning is not at a...

Quick Look at Different Forms of Software Open Source Software (OSS) has been around for decades. The ability to take a piece of...

A Quick Look at the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 Synthesis The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015 was the successor to the...

Adding Web 3.o to the Academic World A decentralized world is on its way. No longer will there be a centralized repository for...

Always Connected 21st Century Learners Synthesis Modern technology has become a topic of concern for many people. The advancement in...

The Digital Divide, the term used to describe the disparity of internet access among various population groups within society. Within...

Literacy is not only the ability to read and write, but to also be fluent in native information. Digital literacy follows the same...

As colleges attempt to increase engagement, career readiness, and create flexibility in schedules for students, new learning models are...

The digital divide - we have all heard of it, the disparity of information and communications technology (ICT) access based on our...

From the first consumer modems that reached the blistering speed of 56 kilobits per second to modern fiber based 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps)...

As we move towards more empirical evidence and mass amounts of data being collected every day, the need to data management and data...