Author: Dugg Steary

Parent, husband, sailor, storyteller. Learning & Development Leader, eLearning Specialist. Work-Life Balance.
Education, Learning & Technology

Critical Inquiry Introduction – Lynda.com

This was originally posted through collaboration by my student team with Royal Roads University through Creative Commons license as part of a course requirement.  Original article: Student WordPress Activity 2 of the LRNT526: Inquiry into Contemporary Issues in Learning Technologies course at Royal Roads University challenged students to form groups of four, choose a digital modality that we would like to explore, research that modality, … Continue reading Critical Inquiry Introduction – Lynda.com

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Education, Learning & Technology

Adaptive Leadership

Leadership in a Digital Learning Environment Lead by example and lead from behind.  If I had an ethos to briefly describe my leadership style, that is how I would summarize my approach.  Through motivation and inspiration, I strive to foster autonomy and innovation from the teams I work with.  Often saying “I trust your judgment,” as I push a team member out of the nest … Continue reading Adaptive Leadership

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Education, General Interest, Paramedicine

Design Principles: The Paramedic Educator

Design principles sound like something reserved for artists, graphic designers and hipsters.  In fact, design principles are a tool to help ensure better, more consistent experiences for a user.  The user can be an organizations team members, customers,  clients, or in our case – the student. Continue reading Design Principles: The Paramedic Educator

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Education, Learning & Technology

12 Apps of Christmas

Day 9: Nearpod This was originally posted by ETUG under Creative Commons license as part of their 2017 12 Apps of Christmas feature.  Original article: ETUG Blog What is it? Nearpod is a web-based and mobile application that allows educators to deliver their lessons interactively to students while monitoring their progress in real-time. Educators can download curated lessons from the Nearpod library, create personalized interactive … Continue reading 12 Apps of Christmas

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Education, Learning & Technology

Design Thinking and Student Engagement

This blog post was written in partnership with my classmate and friend Todd Pezer.  This blog post was originally written as part of a course requirement for the Royal Roads Master of Arts in Learning and Technology program. Design thinking is a human-centred iterative process utilized to gain empathy for the view of others to a complex problem.  This process is employed prior to the search … Continue reading Design Thinking and Student Engagement

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