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Joel MacDonald

Fast Thinking is Normal Thinking but Dangerous Thinking

Guess what. We’re all biased.

Last time I mentioned our potentially implicit social biases. This time around, it’s cognitive biases. We’re good at thinking says cognitive psychologist Dr. Daniel Willingham…

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Joel MacDonald

Like It or not you’re Biased!

We are all biased.

We can say that in a given context we are capable of looking at that situation objectively. However, that is nothing more than naive thinking on our parts. Mental processes that we are not even aware of can greatly impact our…

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Jason Hogan

That’s Not a Career Portfolio — But That’s Good

Building a professional portfolio into your class sounds like a great idea, but what you want is probably a learning portfolio instead.

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Cognitive Biases: Fooling Ourselves in the Name of Efficiency

“It’s not at all hard to understand a person; it’s only hard to listen without bias.” — Criss Jami, author
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Joel MacDonald
Digital Badges & Collapsing Complexity

Digital Badges & Collapsing Complexity

Trying to collapse complexity is nothing new for education, but opening the gates for digital badges gives us another opportunity to talk…
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Jason Hogan

Happy Chemicals Make Happy Learners

Do you want your students to remember more of and longer what you teach them? Then understanding a little bit about the chemistry of our…
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Joel MacDonald

A Course Accessibility Checklist Project

Cross institutional collaborations are some of my favourite projects, whether that’s sharing the resources we’ve made here at UPEI…
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Jason Hogan
Learning Outcomes: A balanced defence

Learning Outcomes: A balanced defence

We should speak up for our friends, and as an instructional designer some of my best friends are learning outcomes.
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Jason Hogan

Concentrate! Pay Attention! But Daydream too

Focus is a goal, I find myself telling my six-year-old son, and distractions are anything that pulls you from that goal. Good advice for…
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Joel MacDonald
Moodle 2018S — Upgrade and Changes

Moodle 2018S — Upgrade and Changes

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Jason Hogan

E-Learning vs Classroom Learning: Which is Better?

Does elearning work? When compared to face-to-face training, does it perform better or worse than elearning? Dr. Will Thalheimer from…
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Joel MacDonald
UPEI Moodle Update — May 16th!

UPEI Moodle Update — May 16th!

We’re working with ITSS to roll out a small update for Moodle in the next few weeks. The update should have minimal impact on courses, but…
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Jason Hogan
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