This presentation was made in 2011 in an Instructional Designers meeting held on Friday 20th May at the Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning (CFDL), University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji Islands

1. Working Smarter as an ID
Some Tips from the Peanut Gallery
IDs Meeting Show & Tell
Friday 20th May 2011
Alanieta Lesuma-Fatiaki | lesuma_a@usp.ac.fj
Centre for Flexible & Distance Learning (CFDL)

2. Overview
• Alarms, Reminders, Calendars
• A Tidy Email Account
• A Tidy Desktop
• A Tidy IB
• The World Wide Web
• Mai Gang – Communities of
Practice
• Why reinvent the Vaka: Use OERs
• I need a break!
• Questions

3. Alarms, Reminders & Calendars

4. A Tidy Email Account

5. A Tidy Desktop
• Quick Links
• Frequently Used
apps; Word, Excel etc.
• Frequently Used
resources; portfolios,
I&A template, blueprint
• Current projects
• 3-4 columns of shortcuts

6. A Tidy IB

8. Mai Gang – Communities of
Practice
CDD & Ex
PISCIOC
CDD/DFL
LinkedIn BLOGS; Ed
IT Forum Technie, Tony
Bates, COL
Jane Hart’s Faculty
Pick of the Day

9. Why reinvent the Vaka: Use OERs
• Templates;
MS, Google Docs
• Course Design &
Development;
OpenLearn, OER
Africa, EDNA and
the like
• Tools of the Trade;
Objectives
Builder, VID

10. I need a break!!
• Physical Exercise
• Meal Breaks
• Get out of your office and smell the roses!
• When on leave , don’t come back to the
office!
• Facebook, Music, Youtube
• Having a good laugh!

11. Questions?