Jeff
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What My Instructional Design Master’s Gave Me That AI Can’t Replace
An AI can draft a whole course in the time it takes to read this sentence: objectives, a lesson outline, quiz questions, even a script. So it is fair to ask whether a master’s degree in instructional design still means anything. Having spent the last couple of years in the M.A. in Instructional Design and…
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Case Study: Teaching CSS in Canvas with Active, Hands-On Learning
You cannot learn to code by reading about code. This project was a Canvas module that teaches CSS the way it actually sticks: by writing it, breaking it, and fixing it. It turns the LMS from a place where content is stored into a place where practice happens. The challenge Web-development fundamentals are easy to…
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Case Study: A Six-Module Laser Cutter Certification Course
Some skills are not just difficult to learn, they are dangerous to learn wrong. Operating a laser cutter is one of them. This project was a self-paced course that takes a complete novice and certifies them to run a BOSS LS-2440 laser cutter safely, confidently, and independently. The challenge A laser cutter rewards precision and…
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Classroom OER Engine
Why This Framework Exists Open educational resources are often produced outside of the classroom as finished, static materials. While these resources are valuable, this model overlooks the fact that classrooms already generate rich, situated knowledge through discussion, peer teaching, critique, and shared problem-solving. Much of this intellectual labor is ephemeral. Spoken, gestural, or informal, it…