Author: Pascale Swanson
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My Instructional Design Goals for 2020
Unlike last year, I am aiming for quality over quantity when it comes to my instructional design goal setting. I also am choosing a new format. Rather than A-to-Z goals, I am splitting my goals into categories: Research, Design, Development, and Community. In each category, I will keep my goals to a minimum with the…
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Report Card: My A-to-Z Instructional Design Goals for 2019
At the start of the year I wrote myself a list of instructional design goals for 2019. I was feeling particularly ambitious and I created a goal for each letter of the alphabet. This year has been filled with many ups and downs and I haven’t been able to spend as much time achieving my…
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Inductive Learning (aka Concept Attainment)
A couple weeks ago I was fortunate enough to be interviewed for a magazine article (for OHS Canada). I had a wonderful conversation with Marcel Vander Wier about education and training in occupational health and safety. Although we discussed many topics, the most noteworthy topic was inductive learning (also known as concept attainment). I have…
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Assessment as Learning (AaL) in Instructional Design and Learning Experience Design
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about three types of assessment common in the Ontario school system: Assessment as Learning (AaL), Assessment for Learning (AfL), and Assessment of Learning (AoL). That post described all three and explained their importance. If you haven’t read it yet, I suggest you start there. After that post,…
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Assessment for Learning (AfL) in Instructional Design and Learning Experience Design
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post about three types of assessment common in the Ontario school system: Assessment as Learning (AaL), Assessment for Learning (AfL), and Assessment of Learning (AoL). That post described all three and explained their importance. If you haven’t read it yet, I suggest you start there. Over three weeks,…
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Celebrating Bianca Andreescu (#249)
After a long hiatus from eLearning Heroes Challenges, this is my second one in a row. I’d forgotten how much I love doing these. For this challenge, I thought I’d do a project on Bianca Andreescu – I am Canadian after all! This portfolio piece was created for the eLearning Heroes Challenge #249 (Creating light…