As online distance education courses continue to expand their reach and serve a broader audience, we are required to understand the affordances and challenges of supporting equitable learning environments. The globalization of online distance education requires instructional designers and educators to work outside of their own bias to address a learner population that represents a […]
Category: Learning
Exploring the influence of Color on Learning
Over the Thanksgiving break, I was designing a poster presentation for an upcoming conference – and was stuck with picking out the right color palette. In Academia, this is supposedly a ‘wasteful dilemma’ because the color, formatting, design etc are weighted much less than the research itself, but this was still a dilemma that could […]
What do we mean by Learning?
While much has been written about the process of learning, cultural aspects of learning, and other elements that can impact learning, what do we really mean by learning? Is it the demonstration of a changed behavior in regard to a cognitive-behaviorist approach to learning, or is it some sort of manifestation of a change in […]