Repurpose a video in 7 different ways
The process of creating a video can be rather time consuming. Repurposing can make it more cost effective. So why not make the most of this repurposing opportunity? What if we recorded a video then delivered additional materials created from the one initial piece of...
Can we reduce the cost to create educational videos?
There are so many issues that we are presented with when we look at recording educational videos. In the real world of professional video we are faced with so many environmental, technological, physical, social, legal and time constraints that it can become too...
Clever use of training package names made to appear more relevant as the entrepreneurship program.
Training packages Performance criteria and outcomes in courses are often dry and don’t appeal directly to the general public. An assessment specialist would get all excited, but the average student needs something a little different. Training package names are...
More simple interactive content in WordPress (or Moodle)?
Many teachers are left in the cold when it comes to adding interactivity to their online resources. Just upload a PDF document and everything will be fine. But the web lends itself to interactivity and there is no reason why we can’t make more use of online...
Basic Interactivity in Moodle
Now that Adobe Flash has virtually disappeared, it seems that we don’t have so many opportunities to create interactive content. Many education organisations used flash to create quiz tools and interactive mini applications that required interaction from the...
Just a thought….is the internet more credible than teachers?
Question Why do people study online? Why do we use Google? Because we want to find out an answer to a problem. Simple, you have a question, you Google it and you have your answer. Answer Not so simple. Is the answer you found correct? How do I know that it suits my...
Holy crap – did technology just work or am I missing something?
As you know, I started my degree in Education Technology. And you know I am experimenting to see if I can complete my degree using mobile devices. As you also know, technology doesn’t always play nicely. My first task in one of my units was to complete some questions...
This is what I do in the shower… What do you do?
I don’t actually want to know what you really do in the shower, but I have been thinking about what I do in the shower. I have some theories I solve problems when I’m in the shower. If I have this frustrating technical web programming problem, I have a...
Have you made the biggest mistake in life yet?
FAIL = First Attempt In Learning. I think of myself as a conservative person, not a big risk taker and not game to try things that seem a bit too risky. When there is a decision to make, I draw pictures, diagrams and create pros and cons lists to help make a decision....
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