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Beyond the Limits of LinkedIn Groups

Beyond the Limits of LinkedIn Groups Are you limiting yourself to joining LinkedIn groups in your personal learning network (PLN)? If yes: Do you think that LinkedIn is the only social media platform where you can join an online professional network of people with similar career interests? Did you know that Facebook has many professional […]

Instructional Design Students and WordPress Learning Management System Experience

Instructional Design Students and WordPress Learning Management System Experience Should instructional Design students use a WordPress LMS to create their own courses? Will it help them in their careers and give them experiences that they may not get otherwise? Instructional Design students are likely going to gain some experience with setting up their own courses […]

How to Compare WordPress Learning Management Systems for Your Organization

How to Compare WordPress Learning Management Systems for Your Organization Has your organization asked you to research WordPress for use as a Learning Management System (LMS)? Over the years, I have been asked to evaluate different software applications for multiple purposes for clients. For example, I evaluated survey software applications for use for both an […]

Pinning My Interests with Pinterest

Pinning My Interests with Pinterest Is Pinterest the last social media that you think of? Do you think it’s just for photos? Do you think it’s just for crafting? Who do you think uses Pinterest? It turns out that over 200 Million people, according to ZDNet (as of August 2018), use Pinterest. If that number […]

The Job Aid Alternative

The Job Aid Alternative I was taking an instructional design course in the spring when the professor unexpectedly asked whether I thought instruction or a job aid was a better choice for the instructional goal I had identified.  That question really surprised me at the time because like most new instructional design students, I thought […]

WordPress can be used as a Learning Management System

WordPress can be used as a Learning Management System WordPress was released for public use in 2003.  It is the most popular web content management system worldwide. There are an estimated 64+ million WordPress websites, roughly 37.5 million of which are hosted through WordPress.com. WP websites account for roughly 34 percent of the internet.  Additionally, […]

Fair Use Fears in Online Course Development

Fair Use Fears in Online Course Development It has become very common for online courses to include the use of images, videos, music, and text from copyright materials.  Some professors, instructional designers, and students are quick to show no fear and claim that the use of copyright materials is covered under the Fair Use Doctrine as […]

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