Practical guides, frameworks and free courses for people who design online learning, with plenty of Canvas along the way.
WCAG 3 is a working draft open for review. This calm explainer covers what that means, what the W3C has and has not said, and an accessibility routine for Canvas that holds up under any standard.
Navigate is the part of the PANDA framework that carries the substance of each week. Here is how to design it so students always…
Activate is the PANDA element that gets students thinking before they meet new content. Here are three quick ways to bring prior learning to…
Students should never have to guess where they stand on AI. This post shows how to add a short, specific AI use statement to…
Prepare sets the scene for each week of an online course. Here is what to include, how to build it in Canvas and how…
Students rarely disengage in the middle of a task. They drop away in the gaps. The Engagement Cycle gives you three stages and nine…
A one-page week, Pre-In-Post and PANDA each shape how students meet your content. This post compares their strengths and limits and shows how to…
A free four-week course on structuring, sequencing and pacing online weeks with PANDA, Merrill, Gagné, Bloom, Salmon, the Engagement Cycle, personalisation and accessibility.
Start here: a free one-hour course on finding your way around, earning shareable badges and getting a sandbox ready for the other courses.
A free four-week course on structuring, sequencing and pacing online learning with PANDA, Gagné’s nine events, Bloom’s taxonomy and Salmon’s five stage model.
