A Week of Teaching & Learning
In this season of my life, I play many roles: mother, professor, mentor, designer, student. These roles push me toContinue Reading
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Exploring Sets of Data
Data is all around us, and the Internet gives us access to all kinds of public data sets, just waitingContinue Reading
A Week of Reading
Inspired by the Dear Data project, where two women tracked and shared data in their own lives over the courseContinue Reading
The Four Types of Data Visuals
Data visualization is a complex field that encompasses a wide variety of formats and types of images. All information visualsContinue Reading
Data is Art
This week, as I began my research into data visualization, a funny thing happened. I started to notice all ofContinue Reading
The Evolution of Data Visualization
Data visualization sounds like a relatively new term, but the concept has been around since the 1500s, as cartographers usedContinue Reading
What Do Instructional Designers Do?
As a professor in an instructional design program, even I struggle to answer this question. Instructional design is an incrediblyContinue Reading
The Rising Value of Makerspaces in Education
The way we teach kids is changing. They are growing up in a constantly connected, media saturated world where weContinue Reading
Business Writing as a Method of Persuasion
This blog post demonstrates my understanding of business writing. After completing the assigned reading on how to construct a businessContinue Reading
Makerspaces As a Path To Reinventing Education
In order to promote my long form article on Makerspaces in Education, I have created three short form pieces ofContinue Reading
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