that’s what i’m thinking for my presentation next thursday. if I can get the wordpress instance installed, I’ll download several publishing add ons..gotta explore that.
Others to explore on this topic: wordpress, book glutton, diggit……to begin
outline
background
participatory publishing via blog
blogs to use
add ons to use within blogs
examples
participatory publishing July 5, 2008
iframe(s) June 19, 2008
tres cool
code:
<iframe src=”learning_guide.html” height=”200″ width= “200″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”>Insert alternative text for browsers that do not understand Iframe</iframe>
in the above example I made an anchor to a section of the learning guide, and linked to it from a cell in the index page and sized it so there was no extra text. Fun stuff.
For extra credit-do resume (done) and add iframes–see above.
Nine ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning June 12, 2008
Richard E. Mayer, and Roxana Morano
Research goal-how to use words and pictures to foster meaningful learning (deep understanding of the material, including mentally organizing it in a cognitive structure)
Off-Loading when One Channel is Overloaded with Essential Processing Demands
on-screen text and images shown–split attention effect since learner has to read and view images concurrently. Solution, present words as narration, rather than presenting text and images both in visual channel–this way you are utilizing verbal channel as well.
Project Example: Any camtasia type movie which provides narration coupled with animation: http://library.nyu.edu/tools/refworks/Movies.html
For my project where I’m providing information on library resources, under the manage section I’ll be providing videos on tools like the one above, which adheres to the presenting words as narration principle.
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Segmenting and Pretraining When Both Channels are Overloaded with Essential Processing Demands in Working Memory
overload of high-intrinsic load (conceptually complex info) in both verbal and visual channels
solution: segment information into bite size sections that don’t require continuous play w/out a break-allows for learner to select segments according to his or her cognitive capabilities.
solution: pretraining where learners receive prior instruction about what is to be learned
Project Example: in a class, give overview of the tool you are teaching, then show self-paced segmented movie and allow class to watch and learn at their own pace. for my project when showing a tool such as RefWorks, above, rather than providing a long movie that includes every aspect of the tool, i will provide several segments and allow the user to navigate to each segment as they wish. For example–logging on to RefWorks will be one segment; creating a folder will be another; adding BobCat searches to the folder; adding articles from databases into RefWorks, etc…..
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One or both channels are overloaded by the combination of essential and incidental processing
problem: one or both channels are overloaded by the combination of essential and incidental processing demands
too much essential processing of a learner who needs to engage both essential and incidental processing (essential and non-essential information)
solution: eliminate extraneous information
solution: signaling-when you can’t dump extraneous information, convey somehow which is essential and which is now.
Project Example: screen capturing software video showing the whole browser window in a search, for example. Create unified graphics such as green arrows, etc. to focus users attention on the section of the screen s/he should be paying attention to. My movies will provide such signaling
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Aligning and Eliminating Redundancy When the System is Overloaded by Incidental Processing Demands and Attributes to How the Essential Material is Presented
problem: one or both channels are overloaded by the combination of essential and incidental processing demands
same as above problem except in this case the essential information is presented in a confusing way.
solution: aligning words with pictures
provide pictures and corresponding text side-by-side, so user is not spending value cognitive ability trying to find the words that correspond with the image. provide words and images together, side-by-side, not one after the other.
solution: eliminate redundancy
don’t narrate words already provided on the screen
project example: I will be creating videos that don’t utilize on-screen text, but provide narration only in conjunction with graphics conveying the lesson in tandem with the narration
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Synchronizing and Individualizing When the System is Overloaded by the Need to Hold Information in Working Memory
one or both channels are overloaded by the combination of essential processing and representational holding
representational holding is: holding visual and / or verbal representations in working memory during the learning episode.
solution: synchronizing: synchronize visual and auditory material. temporal contiguity effect is eliminated when successive presentation is broken down into smaller pieces-working memory is not overloaded becuase only a small amount of material is being presented in sequence.
Project Example: As above, i will be providing brief videos conveying one area of a tool at a time; and will be synchronizing audio with graphics
storyboard June 5, 2008
- Ugly as sin storyboard
- I’ll be focusing on the teaching library section, and the refworks one in particular
- The site is for instructors teaching composition class or writing workshop classes to undergraduates. The audience therefore is relatively limited which is a good start. Ideally you’d create such sites for faculty/instructors across disciplines but not this time..too broad an audience to include everyone. Also, using writing classes ensures that the tutorial/etc I’ll be creating for class–RefWorks, might provide enough motivation for instructors to actually use the lesson plan stuff….
Site map June 4, 2008
- Here’s my site map for class generated in Dreamweaver. If I actually used this on a regular basis it would be great–sadly, as usual, I did it after the fact–perhaps for the midterm project I’ll use it:
- Instead of naming the index file for this site structure index, I named it main, because the index file is my resume and I don’t want to have to change links everywhere.
- Now I just have to mimic this structure on the actual server–right now it’s just the usual dumping ground….maybe this will inspire a cleanup?
- storyboards for my most excellent midterm project coming soon……………..
About me May 27, 2008
trying to get the about me page to match my current index. page at: homepages.nyu.edu/~ntk2 so used the card catalog theme and used complementary colors, for the most part-the card catalog color (yellow/brown), and then red as a color around it, and then olive, which is also kinda/sorta close on color wheel-who knows…..
homepages.nyu.edu/~ntk2/about.html
I’d like to CSS the whole thing and round the corners on the table on right. I sketched out the design of the site and it kinda made my head spin……
web design color palettes May 23, 2008
complimentary: using two colors that are opposite on the color wheel.
- caterpillar.com:monochromatic
- jetblue: complimentary
- www.intel.com: monchromatic (look at this for my site)
- www.nfl.com: monochromatic
- www.sephora.com: analagous
Brainstorming:
Because it’s an online portfolio, I want to use colors that are interesting but not too far out there. I might use the jetblue colors, or some monochromatic theme, though there is a lot of blue and grey out there. I’d like to use something a little bit different…..
blue, lighter blue, even lighter, white and black (monochromatic)
- http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.olivedesign.com/images/portfolio_photo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.olivedesign.com/portfolio/case_studies/&h=345&w=345&sz=38&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=scAPjKBgIGA_TM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dportfolio%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
- ttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.olivedesign.com/images/portfolio_photo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.olivedesign.com/portfolio/case_studies/&h=345&w=345&sz=38&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=scAPjKBgIGA_TM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dportfolio%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
Evaluating a website May 21, 2008
I like a number of things about this site. I like how clean and uncluttered it appears, though there is a lot of information presented-one is not assaulted with it, however. I like how the examples of products created are across a section of the page with textual rollovers providing further information. I think providing more information via text before the user has to commit to clicking on the graphic and entering a more robust example is a good instructional design practice. When you click on any of the examples, I like the flash slide-show type application that the product is displayed in. I also like the prominent X option at the top right of the screen allowing you to close the application and have the previous screen visible again. This reduces navigational issues, because it doesn’t require the user to navigate back and forth across pages. I would provide a “skip” option alongside the splash page-I don’t think users, on the whole, like flash splash screens that they are unable to opt out of, and while it’s brief, I think providing an option to skip it altogether would be a useful addition.
ornaments January 7, 2008
Anthropologie has a sale on their ornaments. I used a few that I bought full-prize b4 Christmas as a pattern model to make my own. Now you can buy them for 75 % off and use them for patterns for next years felt tree. Several of them are not even Christmas specific–like the peacock:
and the windmill:
I also picked up Creative Visualization, on sale. A GREAT book.
