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Holly Fiock
Jun 25, 20183 min
Consistency vs. Creativity
Over the past few months, there has been a lot of discussion between some of my faculty regarding the concept of being consistent in our...
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Holly Fiock
Jun 4, 20184 min
Overview of ID Models
Recently, I ran into a Linked In conversation where people were asking about Instructional Design (ID) models - some individuals were new...
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Holly Fiock
May 29, 20183 min
Finding middle ground...
Recently, I had some major changes outside of my ID world. With any change, comes some sort of anxiety (at least for me). However, in...
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Holly Fiock
May 22, 20183 min
What I've Learned About Awards...
It is unfortunate that I feel I need to write this down and blog about it - but honestly, I think it needs to be said. Awards in Higher...
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Holly Fiock
May 2, 20183 min
Engaging in the bigger ID conversation
I have been working on a blog post about the role of rubrics but have not finalized it yet to share with you all. Therefore, I apologize...
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Holly Fiock
Apr 16, 20183 min
Applying Research to Practice
Recently, I had a conversation with a faculty member about the role of research and the disconnect between what research finds and how...
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Holly Fiock
Apr 3, 20184 min
Evaluations. The good, the bad and the ugly.
Earlier this week, I received our midterm evaluation survey results. While discussing with a co-worker (we'll call her Lisa from now...
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Holly Fiock
Mar 27, 20182 min
Sharing Successes & Self-Efficacy
As mentioned in an earlier blog about goal setting (you can read the whole blog here), I shared how my goal for February was to have an...
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Holly Fiock
Feb 23, 20184 min
The Importance of Course Mapping
As I work on online courses, I find myself working with SMEs and asking about their main goals of the course. What should their students...
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Holly Fiock
Feb 14, 20184 min
Free Online Teaching Tool: Padlet
As part of my job, I try to explore and test out new technologies for use in online classrooms. One of my previous blog post had focused...
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Holly Fiock
Jan 31, 20182 min
Using Web Graphic Memes in Online Course Development
As an instructor you look for variety in your teaching methods. The same is especially true when teaching an online course. However,...
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Holly Fiock
Jan 26, 20183 min
Building Your Own Community
I recently started research on Community of Inquiry. The Community of Inquiry (CoI) is an instructional design model focused on creating...
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Holly Fiock
Jan 18, 20182 min
Goal Setting
As an instructor, instructional designer, coach, consultant, etc. you may hear about setting effective goals. While we normally do this...
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Holly Fiock
Jan 10, 20183 min
Why Digital Badges are All the Craze
There tends to be (as with any new trend) a mixed bag of reviews. Digital badges are the future. Digital badges are overrated. Digital...
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Holly Fiock
Jan 5, 20182 min
Learning to say, "No."
Normally, each new year people get all excited about making New Year's Resolutions. You know, "New Year, New You!" This year, I have a...
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Holly Fiock
Dec 18, 20172 min
Learning from Self-Awareness
Recently, I've been on a Gary Vaynerchuck kick. If you don't know who he is - he is an entrepreneur and founder of a digital agency...
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Holly Fiock
Aug 9, 20173 min
Peer Learning in an online environment
Peer Learning is a rather abstract term. As you may have noticed, my blog postings have been pretty scarce lately. This is because my...
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Holly Fiock
Apr 21, 20173 min
Working with SMEs - The Development Process
In a recent conversation with another budding IDer, she asked how I choose which direction I take a project for an indecisive SME. She...
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Holly Fiock
Apr 19, 20171 min
Typical...
I've realized that I haven't kept to my weekly posting requirement and I have a great excuse... I'm busy. Not only have I've been trying...
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