I’ve been having an ongoing discussion with colleagues about the use of multimedia in the learning experience. I am a big proponent of the use of visuals and multimedia within the learning experience, as I feel it helps to augment the understanding. I am always looking for new ways to communicate visually. However, playing Devil’s […]

Because I can guess, I don’t even have to click on Information is Beautiful’s image showing who really spends the most on their military to actually know.  However, being an Edward Tufte devotee, I always fall for the multimedia– visual portion of the learning experience and the Information is Beautiful is a site is one […]

Since grade school, I remember being told ‘This Year, we will be learning the metric system, as this is The Year, America will be switching over to the metric system.’  Then, for the 15 year I lived with the metric system, in China, do you think I could every I get my mind wrapped around […]

I’ve been working on some How-to instructional design materials and came across this  How-to video: I suggest you open this link[below] in a new window, so you can continue to read my comments, as you watch. Cool ideas to streamline your home office: The somewhat quirky presentation, I feel,  lends to the home-iness of this […]

Last weekend, I  attended the second annual Podcamp Western Mass. If you ever have an opportunity to attend Podcamp, the New Media Community UnConference, they are held all over, I highly recommend.  Roughly, they are people coming together and within a loose skeleton of sessions, a conference emerges covering all topics dealing with New Media. […]