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E-learning course example: Pediatric Palliative Care
It was a pleasure for me to work this past winter with Victoria Hospice, a Victoria-based non-profit which provides end-of-life care focused on palliative treatment. Victoria Hospice's Education & Research Department contacted me last year for learning design and...
Teaching and Learning about Synchronous Online Facilitation
Last October I co-facilitated the "FLO Synchronous" course for the third time, with a class of over 20 people from various BC post-secondary institutions. FLO Synchronous is short for "Facilitating Learning Online: Synchronous", a three-week online course that helps...
Online resource example: RRU Workshop Selector
One of the projects I worked on this year through my work at Royal Roads University in faculty development was creating an online interactive resource in Articulate Storyline. It's a simple tool that is intended to help faculty members choose between RRU faculty...
2017 Highlights
As the year gets closer to putting itself to bed and I begin to get excited about taking two weeks of holidays over the Christmas break, I thought I'd put in one final post to look back on some of the things that stood out for me this year. I have a lot to be thankful...
If you have questions about training and facilitation…
I find with my line of work that people that I meet often have questions about what I do, particularly in relation to something that they are trying to do with a workshop, course or program of their own. With that in mind, I've decided to offer a new service starting...
Reflections on the Facilitator Development Workshop
A few weeks ago I wrote a post announcing that I had co-facilitated the Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW) at Royal Roads University in September, at which I got 'mentored in' to the role of Trainer by working with Doug Kerr. The FDW is the course that teaches...
Victoria Liberating Structures User Group: Fall ’17 Update
It was back in February this year that some of us, while gathered at the Liberating Structures immersion workshop in Vancouver, began talking about starting a Victoria-based user group to continue to deepen our practice in using Liberating Structures. Tracy Kelly from...
Request for qualifications
I'm looking for potential subcontractors to be able to support learning/instructional design projects for my clients. If you're interested in talking with me about sporadic, part-time subcontracting opportunities related to learning design, please email me (using the...
Redesigning my website
Last week I was able to reveal my new and improved website, the result of several months of brainstorming and hard work. I was tremendously supported through this process by Niki Campbell and Kim Timothy, the dynamic duo behind Brand Brilliant. But let's back up a...
New tools for creating e-learning
I'm happy to announce that I recently purchased access to Articulate 360, a suite of tools for e-learning course development. This means I can offer an enhanced level of service when building e-learning courses for my clients. Articulate 360 includes several tools for...