So, as it always seems, here I am as a young assistant professor still trying to figure out my place in this world. You know, who am I, what is my line of research, and does it really matter? So I was reading in the new edition of Issues and Trends in Instructional Design and [...]
As I’ve begun advising graduate students again, I’ve thought a lot about things they “need to know.” With that in mind, I’ve attached three files that I think they should all read and follow the counsel therein. Write your dissertation first and other essays on graduate education by M. David Merrill Suggested self-study program for [...]
I came across a great quote by M. David Merrill the other day. He said: “You don’t know what you really think until you write it down.” That’s why I’ve got to get back to blogging–to find out what I really think.
So today I finally got in the mail a book I had ordered about a month ago, Teaching Concepts: An Instructional Design Guide, by Merrill, Tennyson, and Posey. I’m so excited to read it. I’m really looking at trying to validate more of what we say we do. But that’s just the kicker isn’t it? [...]