Instructional Design

With the start of a new semester, you have probably just gone through the process of editing, redesigning or creating your online course content. What follows are some considerations that you might have thought about while planning.
Regardless of whether a course is taught on campus or online, the outcomes of the course in terms of [...]

Universal Design

Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 has incorporated an accessibility checker that generates a report indicating whether that document is accessible or not. It even includes instructions on how to correct any element of the document that it finds to be inaccessible.
I saved a PowerPoint document as a PDF and then ran the accessibility checker. The report [...]

Technology

 A few months ago I attended a conference at Texas A&M called Generation NeXt. The presenter was Dr. Mark Taylor, and it was by far the most interesting, entertaining, and enlightening conference I’ve attended.

Who comprises Generation NeXt? They are the majority of the students we serve. They are 26 and under, technologically savvy, positive, [...]

Brave New World

From the Publication Web 2.o on Campus Technology. This article by Trent Baston shows an interesting perspective on redesigning assignments and content to fit the development of new technology outside of the traditional LMS.  The phrase “course content delivery” is familiar to us all, but its usage could stand some updating. In fact, we [...]