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How Reflection Can Help Develop Empathetic Instructional Designers
Recently, I became aware of the idea of empathy in instructional design. Upon further research, I saw that there seems to be a lot of...

Holly Fiock
Mar 29, 20193 min read
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Online Teaching Tools: Camtasia
Camtasia is one of the most user-friendly screen recorder and video editor that I have ever used. While it is not free – there is a free...

Holly Fiock
Feb 1, 20192 min read
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Free Online Teaching Tools: EdPuzzle
EDPuzzle is an easy-to-use video platform that helps instructors boost student learning through video lessons. It collects learner data...

Holly Fiock
Nov 30, 20182 min read
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How to Use Varied Feedback
Later today, I have a meeting with one of our instructors. This individual did not develop the course he taught nor does he have...

Holly Fiock
Nov 16, 20183 min read
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Do 'Typical' Lessons Work in Online Learning?
Recently, I read a post about there being a gap in standard lesson plans. To Learn, Students Need to DO Something by Jennifer Gonzalez....

Holly Fiock
Nov 9, 20183 min read
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The Age-Old Debate: Theory vs. Tools
Every now and then, I end up in a conversation with a faculty member, co-worker, or employee about what I consider the age-old debate:...

Holly Fiock
Nov 2, 20183 min read
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Making the Most out of Conferences
As many people do, I'll be attending a conference soon. In instructional design or really any field, conferences can be a nice place to...

Holly Fiock
Sep 24, 20183 min read
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Student devices in online environments
As part of the ID2ID Program, we are required to attend professional development events in order to keep up with current events. Today,...

Holly Fiock
Sep 21, 20182 min read
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Learning New Tools: Poll Everwhere
This week, I'm focusing on the use of polls to increase student engagement in different learning environments. The tool I examined this...

Holly Fiock
Sep 7, 20185 min read
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It is not all rainbows and sunshine...
Lately, I've been in a "creative rut" where I am just not motivated to do much of anything. It is not that I'm not getting work done or...

Holly Fiock
Aug 22, 20183 min read
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Getting out of the online assignment rut...
Lately, I've been working on a few course developments and a full program evaluation. What I have started to notice was the trend or...

Holly Fiock
Jul 23, 20184 min read
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Can design alone result in an excellent online course?
I've attended a few professional development and general meetings on the topic of course design and how to effectively design for online...

Holly Fiock
Jul 19, 20182 min read
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Realm of Rubrics.
When preparing to be an instructional designer, I considered all of the glorious elearning content, online courses, and training...

Holly Fiock
Jul 11, 20183 min read
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Consistency vs. Creativity
Over the past few months, there has been a lot of discussion between some of my faculty regarding the concept of being consistent in our...

Holly Fiock
Jun 25, 20183 min read
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Overview of ID Models
Recently, I ran into a Linked In conversation where people were asking about Instructional Design (ID) models - some individuals were new...

Holly Fiock
Jun 4, 20184 min read
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Finding middle ground...
Recently, I had some major changes outside of my ID world. With any change, comes some sort of anxiety (at least for me). However, in...

Holly Fiock
May 29, 20183 min read
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Evaluations. The good, the bad and the ugly.
Earlier this week, I received our midterm evaluation survey results. While discussing with a co-worker (we'll call her Lisa from now...

Holly Fiock
Apr 3, 20184 min read
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