EDUC 498Z Designing Learning with Technology

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EDUC 498ZDesigning Learning with Technology
2001 Maryland Technology AcademyFrederick County
Public Schools Satellite Academy
Session 5 Awareness Activities

• University of Maryland
• Educational Technology OutreachDirector Davina
  Pruitt-Mentle
• July 25, 2001

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Backward Design
Background Knowledge What overall knowledge
shows need for improvement
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Quality of Site

• Overall Evaluation
• Accuracy
• Presentation/Objectivity
• Currency
• Design and Style
• Navigability

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Authority and Accuracy

• Where was the resource created?
• Author listed? Dated?
• Legitimate source of information?
• Accurate, objective, and impartial?
• Or opinion or propaganda?
• Have you explored this site in depth?

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Visual and Spatial DesignLook and Feel

• Design Should be Consistent
• Color
• Light background with dark text (easiest to read)
• Pale or subtle colors (larger areas)
• Bright and saturated colors (smaller areas)
• good for emphasis, accent
• use sparingly

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Visual and Spatial Design Look and Feel

• Graphics, Banners
• should be relevant to site and/or content
• small as possible to reduce download time
• optimum size 30-60K
• Images (graphics, photos, etc)
• can provide a thumbnail to larger image
• Banner
• unobtrusive (shouldnt have to scroll to get past
  it)

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Visual and Spatial Design Look and Feel

• Text
• Common font
• Arial, Times, Comic Sans, Helvetica, Courier,
  Verana
• Text size
• 2-4 for body text (3 is default)
• Lists used
• Little underlining (indicates hyperlink)
• Titles, headings, slide/sub-headings
• Includes white space

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Other Evaluations

• Readability
• Using Bobby
• Gender and Cultural issues
• Language converters