First impressions count and are worthy of preparatory efforts. In educational video production, especially for online courses, the introduction videos that make first impressions are among the more ...

It’s easy to switch into automatic pilot mode when it comes to planning a course. It goes something like this: (1) we look at the topic of the course we’re ...

High school Principal Pete Steedman begins every school year by telling his staff to read an article by Grant Wiggins titled, “The Futility of Trying to Teach Everything of Importance.” “I love what ...

One of the greatest challenges of planning a course for the first time, or making substantial revisions, is what content to cover. Before my introduction to the principles of backward design, I would ...

In my copious spare time, I enjoy compiling a list of bad ideas for universities. Here’s what’s currently at the top: Free College – where tuition is covered – but not the more expensive cost of ...

Ask customers what it means when a product is described as backward compatible, and you’ll likely hear that it works just like the old one: “I don’t have to change anything or do anything differently, ...