Why skip class for a 3D game when you could be missing out on holograms back in the lecture hall? Doctors Kapil Sugand and Pedro Campos of St. George's Hospital and Imperial College in London, developed a technique to project 4 meter tall holographic urinary tract systems, skulls and other biological artifacts direct into the classroom. Their goal is to improve medical education through
Showing posts with label Graphics and visualization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Graphics and visualization. Show all posts
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Modern Art for Interface Designers
Posted on 06:26 by Unknown
How can visual perspective be innovated to tell different stories? When does a coin make a bad icon? When does a bolt of lightening make a great artist? Alan Blackwell of Cambridge University takes us on an insightful tour of some of the suprising lessons that link computer interface design and modern art...
Check out the 14 min. video: Alan Blackwell's Introduction to Visual
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Visual Smarts - Science via Typography
Posted on 01:10 by Unknown
Mumbai-based graphic designer, Kapil Bhagat has created a slew of divinely inspired posters in honor of Science Day in India. They are a perfect demonstration of how much can be said with typography alone and with the simplist of lines.
Each poster is a visual puzzle based on a scientist and/or scientific concept and each is an absolute delight to unravel.
See all 8 clever posters
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Elegant activism - Infographics at Bashir Watch
Posted on 01:40 by Unknown
BashirWatch.org is an impeccably crafted site that succeeds in allowing users to explore difficult but important information in ways that add clarity and interest. Bashir Watch is an organization promoting the prompt arrest of Omar Bashir, the Sudanese leader behind the genocide in Darfur. There is a warrant for his arrest issued by the International Criminal Court for multiple counts of human
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Extreme Accessibility - How to save lives with eLearning
Posted on 09:59 by Unknown
Far from the typical audience of corporate or university eLearning, Thare Machi Education designs lessons on topics like human trafficking and cholera for learners who are extremely poor, mostly illiterate, totally unfamiliar with technology and speak hundreds of different languages. How's that for a brief?
Thare Machi Education makes very simple life-changing and life-saving messages
Friday, 15 February 2013
On Memory and the Life of Maps
Posted on 23:25 by Unknown
There are so many childhood objects that leave indelible marks as one grows up, from the microscope that gives you a secret window into invisible worlds, to the medical kit which made you a superhero with the power to fix people. In his articles, The gears from my childhood, renowned MIT professor and educational technologist, Seymour Papert, explains how playing with and loving gears gave him a
Friday, 1 February 2013
ELearning for Healthy Minds
Posted on 05:27 by Unknown
A growing number of learning programs dedicated to psychological wellbeing are finding their way into schools and workplaces across the globe. This is probably due, in part, to the concern over technology-induced stress and mounting scientific support for the value of practices like mindfulness and meditation.
This new type of education has begun to manifest digitally in the form of mobile
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Caution: Color, culture and convention
Posted on 02:24 by Unknown
As designers of learning experiences, we know that color can have a powerful impact on learning. It can improve recall, understanding and appeal when used well. But it's easy to forget how culturally embedded color meanings are. Americans, for example, can forget green is only the color of money in the US. While red indicates debt and downturns in the financial world, it's prosperity in
Sunday, 28 October 2012
TocaDoctor - An Irresistible Ed App Interface
Posted on 23:49 by Unknown
Toca Doctor is so gorgeous I had to blog it. With its retro chic style, adults are transported while kids have the bright aquas, pinks and yellows to guide them through a collection of quirky doctor puzzles. Move the germ through the brain maze and out of the nose, pull the thorns from a sore foot, or mop up and bandage an abrasion. Instructions are clear, and function without words. this app
Thursday, 27 September 2012
UX and UI for eLearning - Presentations online
Posted on 22:34 by Unknown
The eLearning Guild recently hosted an online forum on Graphic design and UX/UI design for eLearning. One of the highlights for me was the talk by Erin Sappington Kreb and John-Carlos Lozano of SweetRush. Their slides were impeccable and their advice well communicated.
In a later session I presented a series of research-based guidelines for eLearning interfaces to a dynamic audience of
Connie Malamed - Visual Design and eLearning
Posted on 22:20 by Unknown
If you don't know her work already, Connie Malamed, author of Visual Language for Designers combines expertise in both eLearning and Visual Design and as such, is a great source of knowledge for the eLearning Interface Designer.
Check out her high quality articles at E-learning Coach, some of which relate specifically to eLearning Interface Design. For example...
Using graphics to improve
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Design for a wiser world
Posted on 17:52 by Unknown
Rich learning experiences can help us grow in wisdom as well as in knowledge and capacity. While many are wringing their hands at the perceived negative effects of technology, Positive Computing opens the door to a future in which human-centred design evolves to a kind of humanity-centred design. The Interactions feature article "Positive Computing: Technology for a wiser world" explores both a
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Seminar on Visualization for Science Education
Posted on 20:19 by Unknown
Heads up on the following seminar on how visualizations can be leveraged for science learning...
Making Sense of Science through Visualization will be presented by Roy Tasker on 20 April 2012, 11-12pm at The University of Sydney.
A deep understanding of chemistry requires the ability to imagine the invisible molecular world to explain the observable world. Only then do abstract chemical
Making Sense of Science through Visualization will be presented by Roy Tasker on 20 April 2012, 11-12pm at The University of Sydney.
A deep understanding of chemistry requires the ability to imagine the invisible molecular world to explain the observable world. Only then do abstract chemical
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Francotoile - language learning with video
Posted on 18:50 by Unknown
FrancoToile is a showcase in presentation simplicity. It's a resource for French language learners, created in Canada that leverages what web video has to offer to expose learners to the various sounds, dialects and slang of native French speakers from diverse communities across the globe.
The video library is a work in progress with new videos being addedand a great resource for language
The video library is a work in progress with new videos being addedand a great resource for language
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Turn to the sherpa
Posted on 22:01 by Unknown
Check out this highly informative, expertly crafted (and so pretty it's like dessert) new web publication: The Web Standards Sherpa. "Journeying towards best web practices." Everything here can be applied to the design of web-based learning environments.
Saturday, 2 July 2011
Time management principle for design
Posted on 17:27 by Unknown
Design is about details. But then it's also about deadlines. As such, I have developed this tenet to keep me focused...
"I vow to cultivate the discipline to not spend time on the details that don't matter, the patience to spend time on the details that do, and the professionalism to know the difference."
Thus today I will not double proofread my chats, or spend hours crafting email witticisms
"I vow to cultivate the discipline to not spend time on the details that don't matter, the patience to spend time on the details that do, and the professionalism to know the difference."
Thus today I will not double proofread my chats, or spend hours crafting email witticisms
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Design inspiration: Naughtyfish
Posted on 23:02 by Unknown
For utterly standout and inspired design, check out the work of Naughtyfish.
Including...
The greed poster and the Africa poster for something immediately different, captivating, raw and effective.
The Ordinary Day booklet for an inspiring approach to the use of photography that privliges mood and sophisticated emotion over the usual canned and oversaturated stock landscapes.
And Sweet Little
Including...
The greed poster and the Africa poster for something immediately different, captivating, raw and effective.
The Ordinary Day booklet for an inspiring approach to the use of photography that privliges mood and sophisticated emotion over the usual canned and oversaturated stock landscapes.
And Sweet Little
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
7 ideas for designing your own Prezi template
Posted on 23:21 by Unknown
Powerpoint going stale in the cupboard? Boss banging on your door for a Prezi template? I hear ya. But how can you create a consistent look and feel to represent your organisation that isn't too restrictive, and in a program that breaks all the rules?!
Prezi has a growing bank of reusable prezis but these are pretty content specific. So how to make a compelling and generic
Thursday, 26 May 2011
When to use animations for learning
Posted on 04:21 by Unknown
picture credit: Yamaggio
You get one of those sudden urges to learn how to poach an egg or make an origami jedi master and what’s the first thing you do? I’m guessing, being the modern nerd that you are, you google for a video demo. We’ve taken to using resources like YouTube to teach us things. Why are we drawn to learning by watching and when does it actually work?
The research into using
Friday, 29 April 2011
Interactive graphics and HTML5
Posted on 20:55 by Unknown
The promise of graphics that can change on the fly as users adjust them or enter data is delightfully web-appropriate. People do it, but it's not excessively common-place for the same age-old reasons of browser incompatibility and scripting required. The famous HTML5 "canvas" tag aims to allow browsers to handle interactive graphics natively. Nice! But what about Scaleable Vector Graphics?
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