Elearning Design Course by William Horton Consulting Inc.

For the last 2 weeks (4 hours x 6 days) I participated in an elearning design course presented by Bill and Kit Horton from William Horton Consulting Inc. This was a great class and well worth the time. So many great tips and practical solutions were presented through the entire session. Many of examples can […]

I’m bringing Earth Hour and Pangea Day to my work

I spoke to our Corporate Communications department today about the upcoming Earth Hour (March 29) and Pangea Day (May 10). My colleagues there we excited to hear about the events and also thrilled to think about how our organization could participate as part of the global community. These two events will be a great way […]

LMS still not up and going – but I have do have a new question?

Well since my previous posts (Feb. 8, Jan. 22, etc.) until now, about our new LMS, nothing astounding has happened. In fact nothing at all has happened. The only step forward I can speak of is that someone has finally realized that the organization’s method for tracking reporting stinks. We have a system that only […]

Sharing Presentations/Pictures/Learning Online with SlideShare

I came across SlideShare through a post by Cathy Moore. Cathy’s “5 ways to make linear navigation more interesting” is not only a great post beacuse of the information she shared, but in the way she shared it. She didn’t just type text into the post, she used SlideShare to share with everyone a great […]

A Reading List of Instructional Designers

I wanted to point out this article from Cammy Bean’s post. She added to her blog mid-February a wonderful collection of “Essential Reading for Instructional Designers”. I’m going to capture her post here in it’s entirety for my own future reference and book list of things to read. Thanks for this Cammy. Essential Reading for […]

TED2008 Quotes – Great Quotes from this Year’s Speakers

I just love the whole TED concept. I imagine being there, in person, to hear so many great thinkers (and “unreasonable people” see below) with unbound imaginations would alter anyone’s own personal thinking, imagination, and reason. The possibilities truly do seem endless when you listen to many of the talks. I end up thinking a […]

New colour scheme

It’s not that I don’t like the snow and the cold doesn’t bother me that much, but frankly the dreary grey skies day in and day out are just getting me down. Time to start thinking of something a little warmer. Now I do realize I went a little extreme and used some of my […]

Want to Explore the Universe?

This is an exciting project that will become available later this spring. The World Wide Telescope. Using Microsoft’s Visual Experience Engine “the WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a rich visualization environment that functions as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space telescopes in the world for a seamless, guided exploration of […]

TED2008 – Opens with a Live Event for All to Enjoy

TED2008 opened yesterday and this evening is going to be streaming live for the world one complete free session. Dave Eggers, Neil Turok and Karen Armstrong will each be sharing their TED Prize wish (“One wish to change the world. No restrictions. Think big. Be creative.”) I’m so excited to be able to see one […]

Second Life made me motion sick.

So I finally have a computer capable of loading and running Second Life on. (thanks mom for crashing my old one) So I made my little character. Fixed her hair. Changed her clothes. Flew around a bit. Then suddenly I realized something…..I was getting a headache, I was feeling unwell, I was a little dizzy, […]