Learning Technologies Level the Playing Field

Learning Technologies Level the Playing Field

For students with learning disabilities, learning technologies offer opportunities to capitalize on strengths while bypassing areas of difficulty. As a simple example, a student who struggles with reading may learn more effectively with audio or video content. More...
Preparing Students for Technology-Enhanced Assessments

Preparing Students for Technology-Enhanced Assessments

The learning community increasingly is embracing technology-enhanced items (TEI) for assessment, in coordination with organizations like PARCC and SBAC. TEIs open up a wide range of question types, such as drag-and-drop, drop-down menus, graph plotting, text...
How to Avoid Scope Creep in Project Management

How to Avoid Scope Creep in Project Management

Scope creep refers to unharnessed changes that take place in a project’s scope or breadth. Scope creep becomes a slippery slope as original project goals quickly expand, so much so that things sometimes spiral out of control. Scope creep is no fun. In fact, it can be...
Why is Scope Creep So Problematic?

Why is Scope Creep So Problematic?

Why is Scope Creep So Problematic? For any project that involves a rapid exchange of ideas and plans, scope creep is a waiting pitfall. Scope creep quickly leads to an out-of-control and ultimately fruitless project—but many people don’t even see it coming....
The Importance of Project Evaluation for Instructional Designers

The Importance of Project Evaluation for Instructional Designers

As an instructional designer you have carefully designed and developed useful content, engaging learning activities, and challenging assessment items for a project.  You have ensured that everything is well correlated to stated learning objectives and that they...
The Key to Successful Vendor/Client Relationships

The Key to Successful Vendor/Client Relationships

In our A Pass Angle, entitled, “The Key to Successful Vendor/Client Relationships” Mona Meyer explains that two attributes must be present within project communication in order for it to be considered the highest quality communication: Intentional...