Technology, Literacy, Creativity
Welcome! I’m Christopher Bergeron—an instructional designer, university program director, children’s book author, and full-time liveaboard sailor. This site is a hub for everything I do: from innovative online education and creative storytelling to salty tales from life aboard a sailboat.
“Sailing Through Learning, Creativity & Adventure”
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Creativity & Children’s Books
As the author and illustrator behind the “Adventures of Captain Apollo,” I’m exploring the wild world of creativity, storytelling, and art.
Instructional Design & Teaching
I lead graduate and undergraduate programs in instructional design and hospitality management at Bellevue University. My focus is on creating meaningful, accessible learning experiences in distance education.
Life Aboard a Sailboat
I live full-time on a 34-foot sailboat, navigating the East Coast with my sons and our cat, Apollo. From maintenance to minimalist living, I share my journey at FromTheGalley.com
Distance Learning & EdTech
I’ve spent years shaping engaging online courses and leading program redesigns at the graduate and undergraduate levels. With a doctorate in instructional technolgoy and distance education it’s a real passion that I share here.
Newsletters & Writing
I write monthly newsletters for each of my projects—thoughtful reflections on teaching, sailing, and creativity. Sign up for the ones that match your interests or browse past editions.
Living Intentionally
Whether designing a course, parenting aboard a boat, or writing by lantern light, my goal is the same: to live and work with intention. I share thoughts on minimalism, purpose, and navigating uncertainty.
Watch, Read, Listen
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One alternative to Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom isn’t the only game in town when it comes to trying to describe the different categories of learning and learning objectives. And I’m not talking about those who revised and updated his work such as Anderson or Simpson, no I’m talking about actual alternatives. One such alternative comes from Gagné, can you see the…
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Bloom’s Affective Domain
Out of all three of the domains of Bloom’s taxonomy, the Affective Domain seems to get the least amount of love. Which is a bit ironic since it’s the domain that deals with emotions, values, and character traits. The domain is made up of five levels. Receiving, Responding, Valuing, Organizing, and Characterizing. So what do…
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A quick intro to the psychomotor domain of Bloom’s taxonomy.
The psychomotor domain of Bloom’s taxonomy doesn’t get as much love as the cognitive domain. Which is interesting to me since the psychomotor domain is the area where we teach skills involving movement or manipulation of stuff which in many cases is a significant amount of the teaching domain that we are responsible for. So…
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Blooms Cognitive Domain Taxonomy
Today I wanted to take a closer look at Blooms Cognitive Domain Taxonomy. Specifically, the revised taxonomy done by Anderson and his team in 2001. The revised taxonomy includes Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, and Create. But what does that mean and how is that supposed to help us design instruction or build a curriculum…
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A really quick intro to Bloom’s Taxonomies (yup all three)
Most people have heard in passing about Bloom’s Taxonomy, especially if they are even remotely connected to education or training. But not as many know that there are actually three of Bloom’s Taxonomies. And almost no one remembers that Benjamin Bloom got his name on the spine of the first books on the subject by…
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A rapid primer on Wireframing
After talking about storyboards the question came up “What is a wireframe” so in this video I answer that question and ask another, can we put together a quick and dirty wireframe prototype of a mobile customer service training module in ten minutes or less? The answer is no, but in this example of how…
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Do you storyboard?
Today there is an important question. Do you storyboard? And with that what’s your favorite type of storyboarding? Do you have a favorite tool or method? How much detail do you put in your storyboards? If none of these questions make sense watch the video. #instruction #technology #onlinecourses #instructionaldesign
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Are you building an activity or a presentation?
A question that instructional designers need to ask early in every project is: Are you building an activity or are you building a presentation? And this is important for a number of reasons but the biggest one is that we shouldn’t try to fool ourselves. If we are building a presentation then we should build…
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Portfolio copyright warning.
When it comes to copyright it’s important to be as honest as “Honest Abe Lincoln”. This is especially important with your public portfolio. While it may be fun to include images from popular culture as “decorations” in a course it can be deadly to your career. You’ll want to keep your projects copyright-clean. There are…
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What should go in your instructional design portfolio?
I was walking out the door today while the video I recorded was uploading but I decided to delete that one and make a new video with some practical advice. Today I wanted to tackle one of those classic “do as I say not as I do” topics. The importance of an instructional design portfolio.…
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