So it begins… 3D Printing in the IdeaLab

29 August 2016

As the students return to Carleton and campus life resumes in earnest, you may notice some changes in the IdeaLab and the AT offices in the Weitz Center for Creativity…

Carleton's newest 3D printer: Ultimaker2+ 3D Printer

Writing with Light & the MN eLearning Summit 2016

22 August 2016

In late July, I attended and presented at the Minnesota eLearning Summit 2016 at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College. My presentation, Writing with Light: Building A Low-Cost Lightboard at Carleton…

Basilica shot from MN e Learning Conference 2016

Makerspace Musings

15 August 2016

On August 3-5, I attended an ACM funded workshop at Lawrence University designed to bring ACM faculty and staff together to discuss possibilities for integrating makerspaces into teaching and learning…

photo of small toolkit that comes with Ultimaker 2+ including screwdriver and wrench

The Goodness of a Gimbal

2 August 2016

There are lots of things to consider when buying a video camera.  Sensors, color chips, resolution, recording formats, inputs/outputs, price-points and lots and lots more.  Until the recent explosion of…

Sunflowers and Osmo in Carleton's Arboretum Prairie

Instructional Design and Work Study Training Prep

3 May 2016

When I am asked what Instructional Design is about, I usually respond with something like “instructional design is student focused and built backwards.”  A little prying will get me to…

Close-up of a green eye surrounded by sketches of ideas and concepts

Tech Training Goes Online

4 April 2016

I have been training faculty to use technology since 1999, and boy have things changed since that time!  When I started, technology was hard to use, difficult to master and…

Course Tools

30 March 2016

Instructors have more tools at their fingertips than ever before.  Sometimes the hardest (but most important) thing we can do for our students and our sanity is to . . .…

Moodle Evaluation & Needs Assessment

21 March 2016

That’s a long title, but it means that I am launching a study of our use of our learning management system (LMS)!

Assessment & Evaluation

29 February 2016

Wow. We’ve known for some time that student course evaluations are dubious gauges for teaching effectiveness. And we’ve known that there is gender bias in evaluation responses. But WOW. This…