Profiting from OER: A New EdTech Model
Here at Cal State Fullerton, we’ve been hard at work lowering the cost of education for students by promoting the adoption of OER and A(ffordable)ER instructional materials. That means we’ve been persuading instructors to give up their cherished traditional textbooks in … Continued
Pollak Library eLearning Recognized in American Libraries
One of my projects got a shout-out in American Libraries! My Pollak Library eLearning site, a local learning object repository for information literacy, was included as an example of a WordPress-based info literacy toolkit. Read the article on American Libraries … Continued
Mentoring for Instructional Designers
So many instructional designers fall into this profession accidentally that there’s a book written about it. I’m super lucky to have a second masters in instructional design and to teach in an instructional design program – but I am still the … Continued
Digital Badges Exposed
I presented recently at ACRL and Electronic Resources & Libraries on my digital badges/tutorials program, on digital badge technology, and on effective learning object design. These are now available as a three-part recording via YouTube! Get more information and download … Continued
Instructional Design Librarian Starter Kit
Instructional design-related librarianship is a growing field, just like instructional design is. I get asked periodically about what it is exactly that I do, and while I love sharing my own experience, someone with the exact same job title as … Continued
Presentation Materials from ACRL and ER&L 2017
I’m presenting at ACRL and ER&L 2017! My presentations are about my Spark Tutorials project and the technology needed to make digital badges happen. Both my slides and my handouts are licensed as CC-BY-4.0. You are welcome to download them, … Continued
Teaching Online Track at ACRL
Head to ACRL next week? I am! I’m excited to be presenting both a webcast and a TechConnect presentation. This will be my first ACRL presentations! Interested in scaling up your instruction by going online? Thinking about launching your own … Continued
Recognition at Campus Honor an Educator Event
It’s not often that I get awards, so I hope you’ll forgive me for being super excited to share that I was recognized at my campus’ recent Honor an Educator event! It’s an annual fundraiser put on by the California … Continued
Free Downloads are Here!
I’ve added a Free Downloads page to my website – previously visitors had to hunt for my free templates in my Portfolio. Use and reuse these files for free under the terms of the Creative Commons license assigned to each. … Continued
Get Started With Camtasia
New to eLearning Development? Read this first! I love Camtasia! I use it regularly at work for anything from simple screen recordings to long informational videos. Everything I’ve published to Pollak Library eLearning on YouTube was made with Camtasia. Camtasia … Continued