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How to get an Instructional Design education without paying tuition

dr.curry @ February 13, 2008 # 13 Comments

Well, yesterday Cammy has responded to my post on the disconnect between academic instructional design and practical instructional design. Subsequently, the last five hours or so has been interesting. First of all, I see that Stephen Downes has mentioned our conversation on OLD~Daily, and that has led to a number of comments […]

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Instructional design in academia–where theory and practice RARELY meet

dr.curry @ February 11, 2008 # 20 Comments

I’ve had Cammy Bean’s posts running through my head all weekend. I’ve been mulling over the differences between what I teach my students that instructional design and design theory are and how we actually do it. Anyone involved with the field at all knows that there is a huge gap between the two.
I remember […]

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This one’s for you, Cammy Bean! Or, is the role of the instructional designer changing?

dr.curry @ February 8, 2008 # 4 Comments

I’ve never shied away from my adoration of Cammy Bean and her Learning Visions blog. If you don’t know who she is, she describes herself by saying:

I’m Cammy Bean, the author of Learning Visions. My business card currently says “Manager of Instructional Design”, but I do a bit of everything. If you’re interested, read my […]

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Wanna see some INCREDIBLE artwork?

dr.curry @ February 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Check out Brandon Dorman’s blog. He was a student worker of ours at BYU-Idaho when I was there. Now he’s a professional illustrator with a book on the NY Times Bestseller list. He’s amazing. For more, check out his website.
Below is his illustration of my favorite baseball player of all time, Ted […]

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Meeting famous people online

dr.curry @ February 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Now that I have your attention, I’ll tell you how of an experience I’ve had over the last couple of weeks.
I’m constantly amazed at how Thomas Friedman has it right that the world is flattening. With the advent of all the new web 2.0 technologies, we are truly coming to a point where the […]

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