One of the areas I realized fairly early on in my graduate program that I was simply horrific at was presenting and sharing my knowledge with groups of people. I was fine writing, recording podcasts, sharing in small, 3-4 person meetings, and even doing recorded workshops or videos. But I,…

My Personal Learning Network (PLN) was honestly one of the biggest challenges of the program for me, and of my biggest areas of growth. Attached below is a completion and reflection of where my PLN was at the start of the program. 20 months later, it includes all that plus:…

When I started my graduate program, I had a concurrent goal—I wanted to start reading deeply and widely again. A significant part of professional development is continually seeking out new ideas, information, knowledge, wisdom, and perspectives, and applying that not only to your professional work, but to your life. It’s…

With the move to online learning due to COVID-19 in early 2020, it became essential for faculty across many higher education institutions to learn how to teach online both quickly and well. It became a key point of professional development for literally all educators. Below is a short video created…

The training below is a result of research and learning around creating and providing accessible learning experiences for all learners at Spring Arbor University. It was designed as part of a series of trainings to help faculty learn the basics of creating accessible materials, and then to allow them to…

The following is a post that also appeared on ModeleLearning.com—a professional blog that I edit for our design team. It speaks and gives strategies for continually developing and evaluating educational design tools and strategies—specifically speaking to evaluating and understand the strengths and weaknesses of your design team. Crosspost – Moneyball…