Author Archives: coleeducationaldesigns

Our next stop on this educational journey is a course on instructional strategies. I will be looking at the value of various instructional strategies from Elizabeth Barkley’s Student Engagement Techniques.  I will continue to update this blog and discuss the benefits and limitations of using blogs and forums as forms of instruction and assessment. IContinue reading “Instructional Strategies”

To keep with the premise of life-long learning, I have added a reflective journal component to the blog based on theories and techniques for: Adult Learning Instructional Strategies Media Enhanced Teaching and Learning Professional Practice Included in these journals are references to other learning materials for all those out there who have a thirst forContinue reading “Reflective Journal”

New Insights In reading these articles, it is clear that educators are faced with many challenges as classrooms shift to online platforms. Both curriculum and instructional design developers and instructors are having to keep digital delivery in mind. Without this feature, courses are less flexible and interest-driven. From the student perspective, courses that are up-to-dateContinue reading “Building a Sense of Community”