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What’s in it for me?

One of the discussions that comes up often regarding instructional design and lesson planning is that of how prominent the learning objectives should be displayed and communicated. And…

Routine and Predictability in Distance Learning (and teaching)

We know that one of the primary predictors of student success is “time on task” and as instructional designers and instructors removing friction to allow for as much…

Audio Instructional Materials

One of my current students is having some health challenges that makes it difficult for them to read and also difficult to read off a screen. This has…

Get thee to a museum

Get thee to an art museum! With all of this talk the past week about learning from photography I wanted to share an even more effective piece of…

ISO Explained

ISO Explained There was a bit of confusing and I received a few questions yesterday regarding ISO and what exactly it is and how it works. In this…

The Exposure Triangle

The Exposure Triangle Photography and video are important components of instructional design. As we look at some of the things that photography can help us with regarding good…

When in doubt simplify

Another bit of photography composition advice that is useful for instructional design is the idea to simplify whenever possible. Remove as much as possible. This allows for focus…

Backgrounds

Another important aspect of photography and composition has to do with backgrounds. Essentially the backgrounds in our visual work should not distract our learners. We should be focused…

Depth of field

Today I wanted to discuss an important photography and videography concept. Depth of field. I’ve been asked quite often about how to get the “blurry background” when photographing…

Don’t cut off limbs

As we explore the concepts and composition advice from photography that can help us in instructional design one less known one is the advice to not “cut off…