Design for ELearning Introduction

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Design for E-LearningIntroduction

• Dr Alan Barnes May 2005

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Design for E-learning

• The course
• Design Rules
• What is E-Learning
• What are the technologies?
• Web at the Centre
• Model for Interactive Design

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The Course-Three Elements

• Internet Technologies
• communication technologies
• Web
• Design
• The design process
• web design tools and principles
• Object design tools and principles
• Theory
• Cognitive theories
• some prior understanding of information
  processing theory is relevant
• Human interface design
• Multimedia impacts

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The Course Topics

• Whats in a name? What are the technologies?
  E-learning, web objects, virtual manipulative
  etc. The Pyramid for Interactive Design.
• Principles of Design Design in Dreamweaver
• Multimedia design
• The Social Webwikis, blogs, RSS
• Web based learning Environments 1
• Web based learning Environments 2
• Design for Higher Order Learning
• Visual Design principles of diagrams
• Interactive Design creating manipulatives
• Design with Web Objects
• Design for Open E-Learning

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The course experiences

• Three web based learning environments
• UniSANet, EdSuite, Open Web Tools
• Design Projects
• Lesson design, web object design
• The Technologies
• Dreamweaver, Flash, Wikis, Blogs, Moodle

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The Course Understandings

• Cognitive psychology and multimedia
  design-Richard Meyer
• Design for interactivity and creativity Ruth
  Geer
• Web objects Esther Loong
• Human Computer Interaction
• Visualisation

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The Course Assessment
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The Course References

• Mayer, Richard E. 2001, Chapter 3 A Cognitive
  Theory of Multimedia Learning in "Multimedia
  Learning" Cambridge University Press
• Mayer, Richard E. 2001, Principles of Multimedia
  Excerpted from Chapters 4-10 of "Multimedia
  Learning" Cambridge University Press
• Penn State(2006) Teaching and Learning with
  Technology Penn State Available at
  http//tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/research/index.
  shtml Accessed July 2006.
• Clark, R. C. Mayer, R. E. (2004).  e-Learning
  and the science of instruction, San Francisco
  Pfeiffer.
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• Garrison, D. R. Anderson, T (2003) E-learning
  in the 21st Century  A framework for research
  and practice. London Routledge-Falmer.
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• Horton, W. Horton, K. (2003).  E-learning tools
  and technologies A consumer's guide for
  trainers, teachers, educators and instructional
  designers, New York, Wiley
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• Rosenberg, M. J. (2000)  E-learning Strategies
  for delivering knowledge in the digital age,
  Boston, McGraw-Hill.
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• Waterhouse, S. (2005).  The power of elearning
  the essential guide for teaching in the digital
  age.  Boston Pearson.
• Dabbagh, N. Bannan-Ritland, B. (2005) Online
  Learning Concepts, strategies and applications.
  Upper Saddle River NJ Pearson

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The Course Understandings

• Cognitive psychology and multimedia
  design-Richard Meyer
• Design for interactivity and creativity Ruth
  Geer
• Web objects Esther Loong
• Human Computer Interaction
• Visualisation

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Design Rules 1.Technologies and Humans

• we increasingly live in a Designed world
• humans and technologies have evolved together and
  continue to do so
• technologies have been designed to be more than
  mechanical devices
• Information and communication technologies (ICT)
  increasingly designed to aid cognition and
  learning

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Design Rules 2. Design Process

• Identify learning goals
• Investigate possible learning tasks
• Plan the learning tasks
• Develop the learning materials
• Test the learning materials
• Deliver the learning experience
• see Penn State Model

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Design Rules 3. Design Process

• Identify learning goals
• Investigate possible learning tasks
• Plan the learning tasks
• Develop the learning materials
• Test the learning materials
• Deliver the learning experience
• see Penn State Model

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Design Rules 4 the Context

• Large Group Projects
• teams including instructional designers,
  programmers, graphics artists and domain
  experts(you?)
• focus on courses and subjects
• may included learning management modules
• Teacher Projects
• multi-skilled teacher (you?)
• focus on lessons and topics
• draws on existing materials
• add to growing e-Learning portfolio

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Design Rules 5 Good Design

• expensive and time consuming
• original and engaging
• embodies domain expertise
• challenging and satisfying for the designer
• systematic
• supports modification and re-development

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Design Rules 6 Some Unsaid Rules

• Use quick and dirty design to identify the
  issues and challenges quickly
• Nobody designs from scratch copy, steal, borrow
  and mutate
• Nothing works first time
• Get a critical friend
• Aesthetics are overrated and expensive
• Bells and whistles are overrated and irrelevant
• Clean and simple

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E-Learning-what is it?

• Education via the Internet, network, or
  standalone computer. e-learning is essentially
  the network-enabled transfer of skills and
  knowledge. e-learning refers to using electronic
  applications and processes to learn. e-learning
  applications and processes include Web-based
  learning, computer-based learning, virtual
  classrooms and digital collaboration.
• from Webopedia

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E-Learning-what propels it?

• available anytime, anywhere, increasingly on any
  communications device
• globalisation of education
• large education intranets
• increasing home schooling movement
• online supplementary tuition
• homework-expanding the possibilities
• need for flexibility delivery

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Technologies Internet Services

• web pages
• Email services
• Chat
• ftp
• Videoconferencing
• Shared white boards
• Group work platforms
• Peer to peer

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Technologies Design technologies

• Web authoring applications eg. Dreamweaver
• Animation design eg. Flash, Clay Animator
• Video editing eg. Final Cut Pro
• Graphics Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator
• Documents for Printing Acrobat
• Web Based Learning Systems
• Web Object Design Technologies eg. Geometers
  Sketch Pad

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Technologies Learning Environments

• WebCT
• Blackboard
• Janisson Tool Box
• Centra
• EdSuite
• UniSA Net

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Technologies Web II-the rise of social computing

• Blogs-participation in online journals
• Wiki-community cooperative web pages
• Social book marking
• Online Calenders
• Limitation will they let you use web II in
  schools?
• see the elearning centre

OReilly 2006
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Web at the Centre so design for the web!

• Already
• Web pages combine text, sound, image, animation
  and movies
• now at the centre of Internet services delivery
• the centre for information access
• a conceptual gateway(eg. google scholar)
• an entertainment gateway
• a publishing gateway
• a social place
• Soon????
• a centre for sales and marketing
• a centre of education

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Model for Interactive Design the Questions

• What e-technologies to use and when?
• What levels of interaction can be expected and
  with what e-technologies?
• What contingencies and prior experiences are
  needed for using specific learning
  e-technologies?
• What learning outcomes can be expected and in
  what contexts?
• How can we know when learning outcomes are
  achieved?
• What theories can help us understand what to use
  and when?

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Model for Computer Mediated Interaction and
Learning Dr. Ruth Geer.
See Ruth Geers paper