“The most important principle for designing lively eLearning is to see eLearning design not as information design but as designing an experience.
CATHY MOORE
Purpose
Life has taken me into several directions that have helped me experience and acquire skills from several disciplines. This has enabled me to visualize and manage projects from a more holistic perspective and solve complex problems using knowledge from several fields. The objective of this website is to share what I have learned and give you ideas on how to implement similar strategies in your learning projects. Hopefully it can be also a place for networking for like minded individuals to collaborate and create the next generation of online learning.
ARTICLES & REVIEWS
FROM TIME TO TIME I PUBLISH INTERESTING THOUGHTS IN THE SHAPE OF ARTICLES OR REVIEWS OF TECH TOOLS THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR YOU.
Enhancing Engagement in Online Courses: Using AI-Powered Gaze Tracking Technology for Improved Eye Contact
With more people working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many are experiencing a new set of challenges when it comes to staying productive. Distractions, lack of motivation, and difficulty disconnecting from work are common struggles for remote workers. However, implementing healthy habits and creating a structured routine can help alleviate these issues. Utilizing tools such as time management apps, setting boundaries with coworkers and family members, and taking breaks to move and stretch can all contribute to increased productivity and overall wellbeing. Finding a dedicated workspace, prioritizing tasks, and communicating with managers and colleagues can also help remote workers stay accountable and on track. By taking proactive steps to establish healthy habits, remote workers can thrive in their work from home environment.
Using Nvidia Gaze SDK to Increase Video Engagement @ CATIE 2023
Using Nvidia Gaze SDK to Increase Video Engagement The scarcity of face-to-face interaction in online engineering classes, compared to its face-to-face counterpart, makes it challenging to keep students engaged and motivated. One of the significant challenges in online learning is keeping students engaged while using pre-recorded videos. Pre-recorded videos often lack the personal touch of face-to-face interaction and do not allow for real-time interaction or feedback Al-Samarraie and Saeed (2019). In this paper, we explore the use of Nvidia Maxine as a tool to improve student engagement perception by processing pre-existing videos.Nvidia Maxine is a software development kit (SDK) that uses eye-tracking technology to monitor the presenter's eye movements and uses AI to process the video and redirect the presenter’s gaze toward the camera. This technology enables a more personalized [...]
How Video Optimization May Affect Onilne Course Equivalency?
Credit Hours In an academic setting where degrees are granted based on the time spent studying a certain field, course design is based on credit hours. A credit hour is the basic unit of course weight or rigor. For example, a common course format is the three credit hour course. This means that students need to invest each week at least three hours receiving direct instruction from the course instructor, and double of that (six hours), performing course related activities such as reading, studying, or doing homework, in order to fulfill that requirement. This of course could be considered the instructional designer and/or faculty's best wishes, because in reality that time investment will vary. Also view leads to the question... What happens with student differentiation, since not everybody learns at [...]
Website Speed Optimization
Implement Website Speed Optimization by Using CloudFlare's CDN. What is a CDN? A CDN is a network of servers located around the world that can deliver your website's content to your visitors more quickly. Cloudflare's CDN is one of the largest and most reliable CDNs available, and can significantly improve the speed at which your website's content is delivered to your visitors. Let's get started with website speed optimization! We will enable Cloudflare's CDN. By enabling Cloudflare's CDN, you can offload the delivery of static assets such as images, JavaScript, and CSS files to Cloudflare's global network of servers. This can reduce the load on your own server and improve the speed at which your website's content is delivered to your visitors. We will also enable auto-minification. Cloudflare can automatically [...]