A friend of mine tweeted the other day with a link to Comic Quotes – "Good comics invent their own language and boundaries." He asked the question “Should elearning have the same?” It got me thinking about language, images and my favorite subject, Graphic Communication. Eric replies, “The … [Read more...]
A|G 09 approaching fast!
I am very stoked about this year's Elearning Guild's Annual Gathering! This will be my first time attending this conference, but I'm even more excited because I'm also conducting one of the concurrent sessions as well as facilitating a talk at the ID Zone. I've had my blinders on putting all the … [Read more...]
LearnNugget #7
I am in my mid-40's turning 45 this year. My wife will hit the big 4-0. They say 40's is the new 30's, but that's only if you take care of yourself along the way. I love my wife dearly for many reasons and one in particular is her overwhelmingly attention to health conscious eating. I'm a big … [Read more...]
LearnNugget #386
Tony Karrer recently posted on his blog about browser keyboard shortcuts while conducting a workshop. Some of these I knew as the File menu in the browser's toolbar displays them. My new favorites are Ctrl+Tab (tab between open browser tabs) and Ctrl+Shift+T (open last tab you just closed). … [Read more...]
What’s in a job title?
Janet Clarey wrote a piece about "Learning Professionals" in her blog recently, and as coincidental as it may seem I have had this post title saved in a draft for some time as the same question has been lurking around my noggin for some time. I've been called a lot of things in my life and some of … [Read more...]
Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
The convenience of having an actual living, breathing 5th grader in my home during the popular weekly game show may not be all that convenient. As a family we enjoy watching the show and pretending we are the participants and my step-daughter plays the role of the student. Sometimes she's right … [Read more...]