Jenae Cohn's guest appearances

Jenae Cohn

Rosenfeld Review Podcast

Leading Lines

Think UDL

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Karen Costa

Susan Hrach

Joshua Eyler

Derek Bruff

Kevin Kelly

Temple Grandin

Kelly Hogan

Sarah Silverman

Adam Miller

Susan Blum

Tom Thibodeau

Zach Smith

Monica Burns

James Lang

Kevin Gannon

OwlTail

Jenae Cohn is executive director at the Center for Teaching and Learning at UC Berkeley and, along with Michael Greer, author of the new book Design for Learning: User Experience in Online Teaching and Learning. Jenae and Michael’s book helps designers create compelling educational content. Think of it as required reading for anyone designing an online course, webinar, training, or workshop. Designing a platform intended to educate goes beyond traditional UX design. Jenae’s book does the following:• Looks at the science behind learning and articulates how to help someone be a learner• Helps designers understand the complex array of needs that learners have and create more purposeful learning experiences Learning is motivated by social interactions and emotions. In fact, the learning process is typically social, and most are motivated knowing that they’re not learning in isolation but in or for community. Designers should capitalize on these motivations. Tips for making online learning more social:• Take “temperature” checks throughout the course – for example, a poll or quiz • Allow comments on shared artifacts and shared annotation• Prompt discussions and assign roles if needed • Remember that a webinar will not necessarily create a social experienceAs designers get started on creating online instructional material, Jenae reminds them to be kind to themselves. After all, designing for learners is an iterative learning process. Also, it’s critical to create checkpoints and opportunities along the way to garner feedback. With the aid of Jenae and Michael’s book, we can depart from the days of dull online courses and make them truly vibrant spaces of growth.What you’ll learn from this episode• Why typical online learning platforms are so dull and what can be done differently to make them more engaging and compelling• How instructional designers and UX designers can learn from one another• How designers can make online learning more social • How designers can know if they’re meeting their goalsQuick Reference Guide[0:00:21] Introduction of Jenae Cohn[0:01:41] Design for Learning – Why we need a UX book for learning/teaching products[0:05:17] Why UX designers may be surprised by what they didn’t know about designing with learning in mind[0:08:58] What instructional designers can learn from UX designers[0:12:14] Hybrid environments in learning products [0:15:07] DesignOps Summit – Oct 2-6, 2023 https://rosenfeldmedia.com/designopssummit2023/[0:16:13] Learning is social – how to help online learners stay engaged [0:24:58] How a designer can determine if their learners have had a good outcome[0:30:40] Advice for designers moving into the learning design space[0:33:29] Jenae’s gift to listenersResources and links from today’s episode:Design for Learning: User Experience in Online Teaching and Learning by Jenae Cohen and Michael Greer https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design-for-learning/The UX of Educational Technology Community https://www.uxedtech.com

Jenae Cohn is executive director at the Center for Teaching and Learning at UC Berkeley and, along with Michael Greer, author of the new book Design for Learning: User Experience in Online Teaching and Learning. Jenae and Michael’s book helps designers create compelling educational content. Think of it as required reading for anyone designing an online course, webinar, training, or workshop. Designing a platform intended to educate goes beyond traditional UX design. Jenae’s book does the following: • Looks at the science behind learning and articulates how to help someone be a learner • Helps designers understand the complex array of needs that learners have and create more purposeful learning experiences Learning is motivated by social interactions and emotions. In fact, the learning process is typically social, and most are motivated knowing that they’re not learning in isolation but in or for community. Designers should capitalize on these motivations. Tips for making online learning more social: • Take “temperature” checks throughout the course – for example, a poll or quiz • Allow comments on shared artifacts and shared annotation • Prompt discussions and assign roles if needed • Remember that a webinar will not necessarily create a social experience As designers get started on creating online instructional material, Jenae reminds them to be kind to themselves. After all, designing for learners is an iterative learning process. Also, it’s critical to create checkpoints and opportunities along the way to garner feedback. With the aid of Jenae and Michael’s book, we can depart from the days of dull online courses and make them truly vibrant spaces of growth. What you’ll learn from this episode • Why typical online learning platforms are so dull and what can be done differently to make them more engaging and compelling • How instructional designers and UX designers can learn from one another • How designers can make online learning more social • How designers can know if they’re meeting their goals Quick Reference Guide [0:00:21] Introduction of Jenae Cohn [0:01:41] Design for Learning – Why we need a UX book for learning/teaching products [0:05:17] Why UX designers may be surprised by what they didn’t know about designing with learning in mind [0:08:58] What instructional designers can learn from UX designers [0:12:14] Hybrid environments in learning products [0:15:07] DesignOps Summit – Oct 2-6, 2023 <a href="https://rosenfeldmedia.com/designopssummit2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://rosenfeldmedia.com/designopssummit2023/</a> [0:16:13] Learning is social – how to help online learners stay engaged [0:24:58] How a designer can determine if their learners have had a good outcome [0:30:40] Advice for designers moving into the learning design space [0:33:29] Jenae’s gift to listeners Resources and links from today’s episode: Design for Learning: User Experience in Online Teaching and Learning by Jenae Cohen and Michael Greer <a href="https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design-for-learning/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design-for-learning/</a> The UX of Educational Technology Community <a href="https://www.uxedtech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.uxedtech.com</a>

Jenae Cohn on Designing for Learning

Welcome to Episode 68 of the Think UDL podcast: Mindful Technology with Jenae Cohn. Jenae Cohn is the author of the recently released book Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading and is the Director of Academic Technology at California State University, Sacramento. In this episode, Jenae and I talk about using technology in the classroom and outside the classroom. What choices should we make for ourselves? And what choices can we give our students? This thoughtful conversation will help you think about the ways that tech can help you and your students more fully engage with materials and each other. We take a look at what has changed in the last decade or two and how, when, and why we can leverage tech tools to enrich the learning experience, or perhaps when not to use them, either! Thank you for listening to Jenae and me as we explore the use of technology mindfully and with UDL in mind!

Welcome to Episode 68 of the Think UDL podcast: Mindful Technology with Jenae Cohn. Jenae Cohn is the author of the recently released book Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading and is the Director of Academic Technology at California State University, Sacramento. In this episode, Jenae and I talk about using technology in the classroom and outside the classroom. What choices should we make for ourselves? And what choices can we give our students? This thoughtful conversation will help you think about the ways that tech can help you and your students more fully engage with materials and each other. We take a look at what has changed in the last decade or two and how, when, and why we can leverage tech tools to enrich the learning experience, or perhaps when not to use them, either! Thank you for listening to Jenae and me as we explore the use of technology mindfully and with UDL in mind!

Mindful Technology with Jenae Cohn

Jenae Cohn is the director of academic technology at California State University at Sacramento and the author of a new book on digital reading from West Virginia University Press. The book is called Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading. It’s a fantastic book that takes a look at reading from historical, emotional, and cognitive science perspectives, and presents a digital reading framework that instructors can use to promote deep reading practices in their students. It’s full of very practical advice on teaching digital reading, with examples of classroom activities and digital assignments designed to foster digital literacies.We talk about the emotional connections people have print books, the ways that reading on a screen is different from reading on a page, ways to help students develop better reading practices, and the joy of writing books in coffee shops.Links•	Jenae Cohn’s website, https://www.jenaecohn.net/•	@jenae_cohn on Twitter, https://twitter.com/jenae_cohn •	Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading, West Virginia University Press, https://wvupressonline.com/node/865

Jenae Cohn is the director of academic technology at California State University at Sacramento and the author of a new book on digital reading from West Virginia University Press. The book is called Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading. It’s a fantastic book that takes a look at reading from historical, emotional, and cognitive science perspectives, and presents a digital reading framework that instructors can use to promote deep reading practices in their students. It’s full of very practical advice on teaching digital reading, with examples of classroom activities and digital assignments designed to foster digital literacies. We talk about the emotional connections people have print books, the ways that reading on a screen is different from reading on a page, ways to help students develop better reading practices, and the joy of writing books in coffee shops. Links •	Jenae Cohn’s website, <a href="https://www.jenaecohn.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jenaecohn.net/</a> •	@jenae_cohn on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/jenae_cohn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jenae_cohn</a> •	Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading, West Virginia University Press, <a href="https://wvupressonline.com/node/865" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wvupressonline.com/node/865</a>

Episode 096 • Jenae Cohn

Dr. Jenae Cohn discusses multimodal communication, taking the students' pulse, broadening bandwidths, call and response content creation, strategizing synchronous and asynchronous time, onboarding the tech stack, online course design, and the new ethics around tech and student privacy. An amazing discussion bridging the current hybrid learning design challenges from K-12 to higher education.

Dr. Jenae Cohn discusses multimodal communication, taking the students' pulse, broadening bandwidths, call and response content creation, strategizing synchronous and asynchronous time, onboarding the tech stack, online course design, and the new ethics around tech and student privacy. An amazing discussion bridging the current hybrid learning design challenges from K-12 to higher education.