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Professional Musings
Please peruse my professional thoughts on instructional design, elearning threories/trends and education. I welcome feedback and open discussion.
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Instructional Design: A Real World Case Study for Getting Employed
My personal experience with The Learning Agency, reviewing opinions on if internships lead to employment, and exploring the 2024 job market
Katie Holloman
Feb 26, 20244 min read
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Teach the Class: Virtual Reality in Education
As part of my Learning with Digital Stories graduate course at the University of Colorado Denver, one of our flexible learning...
Katie Holloman
Apr 3, 20214 min read
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ThinqStudio Unconference 2021
Since I first heard about the annual ThinqStudio unconference roughly three years ago, I have been wanting to attend. Due to work and...
Katie Holloman
Mar 25, 20213 min read
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Thinkific Learning Management System Training: Learner Agency
In my Instructional Design Assistant position with the University of Colorado Denver, I’ve been working on building a collection of...
Katie Holloman
Jan 17, 20212 min read
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Ruminations on Critical Instructional Design
Instructional design is a precarious balance for me between best design guidelines, training/teaching, managing people(!), and a passion...
Katie Holloman
Oct 22, 20204 min read
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Tell My Story
Here are my thoughts on my personal experiences with education. Please select the play button below for the audio version of my story....
Katie Holloman
Sep 30, 20204 min read
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The State of School: A Review
Please watch my unscripted thoughts on the state of school in the United States on the documentary, Waiting for "Superman", and TED Talk,...
Katie Holloman
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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Politicizing Pedagogy
How do you feel about the notion or action of politicizing pedagogy? Is it necessary within the context of critical digital pedagogy? Is...
Katie Holloman
Sep 11, 20203 min read
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Games & Learning Portfolio: Pandemic Reflections
Why does play - and game play, in particular - matter for our livelihood and our learning right now? And whether our learning inside or...
Katie Holloman
May 3, 20208 min read
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Video Games and the Global South: A Review
Please play the introduction video (1:32) below to begin: Diversity & Inclusion - Being inclusive of people of varying backgrounds,...
Katie Holloman
Apr 18, 20209 min read
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VR Gaming for Pandemic Fitness
Game title: Box VR Gaming system: Oculus Quest (Virtual Reality goggles) Category: Virtual Reality (VR), simulation, fitness, sport,...
Katie Holloman
Apr 4, 20208 min read
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Board Gaming for Beginners
Game title: The Quacks of Quedlinburg Gaming system: Board Game Category: medieval, fantasy, magic Player type: 2 to 4 players...
Katie Holloman
Mar 20, 20207 min read
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Are Interactive Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Games the Future of Horror Game Play?
Game title: Until Dawn Gaming system: Playstation 4 Category: interactive, choose your own adventure, simulation, horror Player type:...
Katie Holloman
Mar 7, 20207 min read
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Stardew Valley: PC Gaming
Game title: Stardew Valley Gaming system: PC (multiple systems available) Category: role-playing game, simulation, farming Player type:...
Katie Holloman
Feb 23, 20206 min read
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VR is the Future of Gaming
Game title: Job Simulator Gaming system: Oculus Quest (Virtual reality (VR) headset) Category: Casual play, beginner, food, simulation...
Katie Holloman
Feb 8, 20205 min read
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What's in a Label? Networked Learning Spaces
The term “Networked Learning Spaces (NLS)” is an entirely new one to me. However, upon researching what a NLS truly is, I realized that...
Katie Holloman
Apr 4, 20193 min read
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Society's Technology of Tomorrow
On a very broad scale, each person’s individualism is based on their past experiences and the time period in which they were raised. For...
Katie Holloman
Mar 2, 20194 min read
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Does your smartphone own you or do you own your smartphone?
In Tristan Harris’s 2017 Ted Talk “How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day”, he talks about the need to...
Katie Holloman
Feb 22, 20193 min read
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Is Civic Engagement Online Making as Big of a Difference as 30 Years Ago?
With many everyday activities beginning online or solely being accessed online, rather than having a small reach to your immediate area,...
Katie Holloman
Feb 12, 20193 min read
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Balancing Social Media to Create Your Best Life Experience
When I moved to South Korea for a 12-month teaching contract, I didn’t have any social media accounts and in fact, Facebook had just...
Katie Holloman
Feb 7, 20194 min read
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