Rose Colored Glasses

Random Thoughts on Instructional Design

Monday February 8th 2010

'I imagine a school system that recognizes learning is natural, that a love of learning is normal, and that real learning is passionate learning. A school curriculum that values questions above answers…creativity above fact regurgitation…individuality above conformity.. and excellence above standardized performance….. And we must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity, more bureaucracy. Tom Peters

Tools

How, What & Why We Evaluate

Gever Tulley teaches »

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Instructional Technology

Designing Problem Base Cases »

Today I attended a presentation on the development of virtual patients learning units with open source [...]

Creating Learning Communities »

“What we thought was the horizon of our potential turns out to be only the foreground.” Tom [...]

Modifying Bloom’s »

Creating (Evaluation) [...]

About

"But if we believe what we profess concerning the worth of the individual, then the idea of individual development within a framework of ethical purpose must become our deepest concern, our national preoccupation, our passion, our obsession. We must think of education as relevant for everyone everywhere — at all ages and in all conditions of life." ~ John William Gardner

This quote prompted me to develop Rose Colored Glasses and the associated "Hitchhikers Guide to Course Development" as resources for educators and course developers. My hope is that others will create additional teaching and learning tools that can be accessed by everyone everywhere.... JoAnn

Quote

'Stories are the most effective ways of changing minds...there has to be a protagonist. There has to be a goal. There have to be obstacles people can identify with. There has to be an ultimate resolution - hopefully a positive one...what leaders do is put aside or reject the old story, the story you have grown up with. Leaders say, 'No it's a different story. You may not like it initially, but it's a better story in the long run, and you have to go with it and here is why...' . Howard Gardner 2004 'The Art and Science of Changing Peoples Minds.

Blackboard

Blackboard 8 – Discussion »

Discussion Boards can serve as a learning tool that fosters in-depth, academic discussion, an arena in which students work collaboratively or conduct peer [Read More]

Distance Education

Designing »

On August 3, 2006, I will be conducting a Course Design Showcase at the Conference on [...]

Faculty Centered »

On August 9, 2006, Amanada Albright and I will be presenting the following paper at the [...]

New Entrant in the »

There is an interesting new presence on the web that may be worth following. It is called [...]

Techniques

Providing Meaningful Benefit to »

When designing your courses provide a meaningful benefit for each topic, in the form of "why you should care about this" scenario. Learning is much more effective if the learner's brain knows why what you're about to talk about matters. The benefit and/or reason why you [Read More]