Tag Archives: layer

Layering categories

Richard Byrne who writes the Free Tech 4 Teachers blog and I seem to have similar interests. In a recent post, he describes three services that allow an educator to add questions to a video. The idea is to encourage … Continue reading

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Layering question stems in Insert Learning

Insert Learning is the service I recommend for educators interested in layering elements (comments, links, questions, discussion prompts) on online web pages to create learning resources. I have generated a couple of video tutorials you are welcome to explore. In … Continue reading

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Speculative Annotation

I have been writing about services for annotating online web content and video for at least five years. now. I think of what these services allow users to do as layering – adding annotations of various types on top of … Continue reading

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Hypothes.is revisited

I have been writing about layering services since 2015 and continue to encounter new services and increased interest in the capabilities layering offers. Layering is the term I have tried to use to create a category of online services. There … Continue reading

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EdPuzzle

This is an updated version of a post from 2019. I thought it relevant for educators still faced with teaching online when the new year begins. EdPuzzle allows the addition of elements to existing videos. I haven’t written about layering … Continue reading

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Questions and studying

The “testing effect” is one of the most reliable tactics for improving the benefits of study behavior. This tactic involves the use of some study time to attempt to recall information to respond to questions. This is sometimes called “retrieval … Continue reading

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