Writing Online Tutorials by Mr. Martin Tessmer

Reading Mr. Tessmer’s book on the creation of online tutorials was a real treat.  I was very impressed with the applicablity of his knowledge and the humor sprinkled throughout made the text very read-able.
Some of the things that I found important within the reading are as follows:
1. Online learning needs to be designe differently than [...]

Mutlimedia Learning: Richard E. Mayer

Richard E. Mayer is a leading reseracher and auther of materials regarding the use of multimedia in learning.  He is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) where he has served since 1975.
Mayer’s book, Multimedia Learning gives us insite into his [...]

Multimedia Learning: Chapters 1-3

I know, I’m behind. I do carry this book everywhere I go, it just seems that crazy things have been happening while I am trying to make time to read. For instance, Monday morning I got on my bus to work, thinking that I would have a nice 30 minutes to read. No, no, no… [...]

The Trials and Tribulations of Richard E. Mayer

Ok, I feel a little like letting you in on some recent life activity.  Last fall, when I started this MA program I was in my 5th year of teaching. Things were under my belt, so to speak.  I sauntered in, pulled amazing curriculum from the drawers of my desk and left most of my [...]

Tufte and the un-greatness of PowerPoint

So, let’s begin with a synopsis of the article that I began reading at the beginning of the week.
The article was written by Edward Tufte and focuses on the misuse of PowerPoint for situations that, in order to communicate their very specific information, really require sentences, paragraphs and detailed explanations.  He makes the point, through [...]

Are you kidding? I think PowerPoint has added to my professional career…. not.

So… this weekend I’m reading this and this. I’ll get back to you with my thoughts, but for now…. you might want to read along with me. Cheers!

Food For Thought…Thanks Karl

This past semester, I was given the opportunity to participate in a conversation with the thoughtful creator of this video. Watch and perhaps you will want to thank him too.

Google Tools and Yahoo Groups

My experience with Google tools is, I’m proud to say, pretty well rounded.  Using tools such as gmail, google talk, google documents and presentation, and google pages has been very handy when working in an online environment.  As my husband and I have very complicated schedules, and I travel for work, we keep an online [...]