It’s easy to get caught up in the latest digital learning trends—especially when they are talked about ad nauseam on social media, traditional media, and in a never-ending cycle of vendor product pitches. But, it’s essential that we evaluate not only the efficacy of an educational tool, but it’s worth…

While research around creativity (and how to enhance it), has been happening on and off since the 1950s there is a new boom in the desire for creativity in the workplace, based off of it’s inclusion in many educational core competency requirements. This however, leaves many adult learners out in…

We don’t often think of games themselves as technology. Maybe we consider the computer code or cardboard and plastic pieces they are built from as technology, but not often the game design itself. But the reality is, game design has changed and evolved over time—just like education. Below is a…

One of the biggest lamentations of the apostle Paul was division within the church. One of the key ways we can begin to heal some of that division is through empathy, and by learning about one another. The Conversations Project is ministry plan focused on helping Christians do just that—learn…

Whether you focus in higher ed, K-12, workplace learning, or personal learning, there are certain design principles that hold true throughout. This is a recording of a conversation I had with Calvin Stevens, an educator at Morey Flex-Tech, an innovative school near Mt. Pleasant, MI. I share several strategies for…

This is a professional development plan for Instructional Designers at Spring Arbor University to contribute to an Open Educational Resources (OER) textbook. OER are a developing and growing resource facilitated by new technologies, interactions, and communication that allow learners to have access to high-quality materials at a fraction (or none)…