Blog Post #12

Thinking ahead to your career, how do you anticipate being involved in the open source/open courseware movement? 

PS: Since I messed up and forgot to post the prompt for post #11, you don't have to do it!

Blog Post #10

Ah, project management! Looking to the web-based module assignment, try to break down the various tasks and estimate time for completion. Also identify any resources you will need to generate or obtain.

Blog Post #9

As we get closer to doing the Web-based module using scenario-based design, what are your biggest concerns?

What skills would you still like to learn during this class (other than Web design)?

What cool things have you discovered that you would like to share with your classmates?

Blog Post #8

Review one of the web sites linked as examples of learning scenarios from the slides we used in class. Briefly critique the site. Are the elements of story all present? What are they? What might you change?

Blog Post #7

Conduct a usability test of blogger. 

Have someone try to set up a blog, and post your results.

Blog Post #6

Critique the usability/user friendliness of a software program that you use frequently. Illustrate with screen shots as is helpful.

Blog Post #5

Return to the game you looked at in Blog Post #3. This time, use the classifications from Dalgarno's article discuss the interactions that take place within the game.

Blog Post #4

As you read Cooper's Inmates are Running the Asylum, think about how you relate (or don't) to his discussion of user-centered design (or lack thereof) in high-tech products.

What kind of computer user are you? (apologist? survivor? etc.)

Are there any high-tech products that you find particularly counterintuitive? What are they, and what about them frustrates you?
Describe a high-tech product you think is particularly well-designed and why.

Blog Post #3

Pick an online game, play it, and write a brief critique of the game from a learning perspective and interface perspective. Include a link to the game and screenshots (as you see fit).

Blog Post #2

Based on the Clark and Mayer articles (yes, they address the same topic but provide slightly different coverage), try to find either an example of non-example of at least 3 of the multimedia principles.

Post links and screen shots/graphics (see if you can do it! lots of good online resources to figure out how!) in an entry on your blog, with an annotation explaining why each link is (not) a good example of the principle.

Blog Post #1

Please respond to the following questions on your blog. (There is no right or wrong answer)

How do you define courseware? Give a brief example or two of experiences you have had with courseware.

How do you anticipate courseware affecting your career? What will you be doing with it?

How about learning objects? How might they relate (or not) to your career?

What do you hope to learn from this course?