Web 2.0 tools have become integral in various educational settings, providing new opportunities for instructional design, instruction, learning, and productivity.

Integrating social media platforms, like YouTube, with microlearning can provide a dynamic and engaging learning experience that caters to the preferences and habits of the modern learner.

In the digital era, online, flipped, and blended learning environments offer a variety of advantages and disadvantages for instructors and learners alike. This blog explores each learning approach, providing insights into their characteristics and applications.

Explore a side-by-side comparison of popular LMS platforms where I cover: Hosting requirements, cost structures, technology support, ease of use and training needs, and features to support learning.

It requires skill to identify relevant and factual information and evaluate sources to determine the quality of information. Information literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and use information from many different sources (Berkman, 2021). Advances in technology and the internet are making it easier to use and share information on a global scale. New media literacy is the capability to access, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate information in various digital forms.

This week's post is about the integration of mobile technology to support learning. Notion is a cloud-based project management tool that is utilized to support communication and collaboration among teams. Its all-in-one design creates a shared workspace that is able to be accessed anywhere from any device.

This week's post is about designing virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences for learners. I have curated a selection of best practices in the design of immersive learning experiences based on my research. I am also sharing a video I created that discusses three ways you might utilize VR or AR in a K-12 educational setting and highlight one of the uses through an example using a middle school math objective.

For this week's post I am sharing an infographic I made to visually represent my current personal learning network (PLN).  I am also sharing a paper I wrote about my current PLN and my plans to expand it further as I make the transition from teacher to instructional designer.