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Tag Archives: digital literacy
Keep your (digital) motor running…
Wow, it’s 2021 already? Geez, I know I haven’t written here in a while, but it was longer than I thought. I did start a post at the beginning of the year, but then decided not to publish it because … Continue reading
Maintaining Your Principles While On the Job
Ooh…she’s going into controversial territory here… (Well, yeah, I am. What’s new?) I’ve heard some people say that the COVID-19 pandemic and world events really has them looking at life very differently now on a number of levels. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged content strategy, digital literacy, DIY education, e-learning, education, Employment, ethics, instructional design, instructional design and technology, mission, morals, principles, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, unemployment, user experience, UX
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A plea, to everyone – from content designers, everywhere
Content design is an actual thing It sounds obvious, but content design is a real thing. Before trying to advocate what content designers are, it’s probably easier to explain what they’re not. Source: A plea, to everyone – from content … Continue reading
Content in the Age of Coronavirus
Welcome to day 4-ish of my self-quarantine from the coronavirus pandemic. I say 4-ish because I went out on Sunday, but once I came back, I’ve stayed home every since. I went for a walk with my husband around the … Continue reading
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Tagged content experience, content storytelling, content strategy, digital literacy, Distance Learning, DIY education, e-learning, education, elearning, instructional design, Jimmy Fallon, Learning, social media, STC, storytelling, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, The Tonight Show
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The COVID19 pandemic is spurring more online learning
While I’ve been talking about how it took a pandemic to truly begin to show companies that remote working is a viable option for many, I’m starting to see that it also applies to online learning. In light of the … Continue reading
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Tagged digital literacy, Distance Learning, DIY education, e-learning, edupunk, elearning, higher ed, higher education, instructional design, instructional design and technology, Learning, m-learning, m-learning tools, mlearning, mobile, mobile learning, Online Teaching and Learning, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications
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A Reminder That ‘Fake News’ Is An Information Literacy Problem – Not A Technology Problem
Beneath all “fake news,” misinformation, disinformation, digital falsehoods and foreign influence lies society’s failure to teach its citizenry information literacy: how to think critically about the deluge of information that confronts them in our modern digital age. — Read on … Continue reading
Content Strategists are the Marie Kondos of Tech Comm
Here in the U.S. (and perhaps in other places that have Netflix), there’s a big phenomenon about Marie Kondo. For those who don’t know who Marie Kondo is, she wrote a self-help book about home organization several years ago called, … Continue reading
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Tagged content, Content management, content model, Content Rules, content strategists, content strategy, digital literacy, education, Konmari, Konmari Method, Marie Kondo, organization, sitemap, taxonomy, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, Val Swisher
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How do we determine the bounds of digital literacy?
Yes, you are seeing this correctly. There’s a blog posting from me. No need to double-blink in disbelief. I am still alive and well. I don’t always get much of a chance to write here because I’m busy! One of … Continue reading
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Tagged content strategy, digital literacy, e-learning, education, edupunk, elearning, higher ed, higher education, instructional design, instructional design and technology, Learning, m-learning, mobile learning, social media, STC, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, UX
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TaxoDiary – Taxonomies in Information Science
TaxoDiary – Taxonomies in Information Science — Read on taxodiary.com/2018/08/taxonomies-in-information-science/ Thanks to CJ Walker for posting this on LinkedIn. This is a big part of my job right now, and this is an excellent way to clarify the difference between … Continue reading
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Tagged CJ Walker, CMS, content, Content management, content organization, Content Rules, Content Rules Inc., content strategy, digital literacy, digital marketing, DITA, LinkedIn, Methods and Theories, single sourcing, taxonomy, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, technology, Val Swisher, writing, XML
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Good writing always gets you ahead.
I’ve been job searching again, as my last contract ended about a month ago. I’ve had some ups and downs in the last month, to say the least, but finding the next gig is always a priority (even though I … Continue reading
