Burnt Pixel – Page 2 – Learning Designer and Video Artist

Education, Learning Design, NMIT

Current Moodle Course Design

This is the design modification I am currently using in Moodle. A lot more slicker I think. Based on the Snap theme.

March 3, 2020

Education, Learning Design

My Favourite Quotes about Technology and Learning Poster

February 10, 2020

Gigs, Ray Gun Virus

Ray Gun Virus with Brother Sister

January 31, 2020

Gigs, inHouse

inHouse

January 25, 2020

Gigs, Ray Gun Virus

First Gig for Ray Gun Virus

January 18, 2020

Scripts and Code

AutoHotkey Script for Unity and Blender to allow middle click toggle between: Transform-Scale-Rotate

When using Unity and Blender I use a 3d mouse in my left hand to move around the environment, but I still needed to move my hand to the keyboard to switch between Transform, Scale and Rotate. This Autohotkey script…

January 10, 2020

Education, Learning Design, Thoughts

Add more instruction!

When doing course design, I am often developing over the work previously created by others. They can soon become overly cluttered with new material. The solution to many is to just provide more instructions or tutorials on how to use…

December 18, 2019

Projects, VR Machu Picchu Pueblo

Machu Picchu Pueblo VR project won bronze at the Reimagine Education awards!

“The QS Reimagine Education awards, known as the ‘Oscars’ of Education’, celebrate innovative approaches that enhance student learning outcomes and employability. This year saw 1518 innovators representing educational technology companies, universities and education-focused NGOs from 84 “countries submit their projects…

December 16, 2019

Art, Other

Experimenting with 360 video

December 10, 2019

Gigs, Soul Funk Collective

Soul Funk Collective

November 30, 2019

Education, Learning Design, NMIT

Developing an information block for Moodle Courses

November 10, 2019

Projects, VR Machu Picchu Pueblo

VR Project Finished today!

Made the entrance to the market Added the public toilet Added the other school Added the mural about recycling added more life – with fans and moving train Made an alleyway to the bus, with view of bus Added all the…

October 31, 2019

Education, Learning Design, NMIT

Photogrammetry experimentation

This was a quick test of using photogrammetry in Unity. Josh from Dronemate in Nelson scanned the new CGI Lab (before it had computers). I quickly threw in some smoke, spooky music and Slenderman for a Halloween theme. As you…

October 31, 2019

Projects, VR Machu Picchu Pueblo

Shortlisted for Sustainability Award

The Machu Picchu VR project (Virtual Reality Experiential Education for a more Sustainable Future) is shortlisted for the Sustainability Award at the QS Reimagine Education Awards – The so-called Oscars of Education. The most competitive yet with over 1500 applications…

October 25, 2019

Projects, VR Machu Picchu Pueblo

VR Machu Picchu – Comparative Photos

October 24, 2019

Gigs, VR Fiji, VR Machu Picchu Pueblo

Pechakucha at Nelson Arts Festival

Talked about my process of recreating real locations in virtual reality.

October 22, 2019

Gigs, inHouse

inHouse

October 19, 2019

Education, Learning Design

Using your phone to create videos

You should never watch movies on your phone – as David Lynch so eloquently puts it: But that doesn’t mean you can’t use your phone to make a movie or at least in our context a short educational video. With…

September 10, 2019

Education, Learning Design, NMIT

Filming with your phone Cheatsheet

This is a printable cheatsheet that I made for my tutorials on filming using your phone.

September 10, 2019

Projects, VR Machu Picchu Pueblo

Statue in Machupicchu Pueblo

September 4, 2019

Education, Learning Design

Choosing the right graph

“If the statistics are boring, then you’ve got the wrong numbers.” ― Edward Tufte (pioneer of data visualization ) Bar-charts and pie-charts tend to be the most used charts, personally I am a fan of Venn diagrams. I wish I had this…