HCI, User Expereince, User-centred Design, Usability, Information Design, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Accessibility and Univesral Design...it gets hard to know where one starts and the other ends. The usability of all this termenology is sorely lacking in good information design. There seems to be so much overlap, and redundancy and is there really difference among them? If so
Monday, 5 March 2007
Saturday, 24 February 2007
Design essentials: Information Architecture
Posted on 15:12 by Unknown
Just because you work in the design field doesn't mean you've had the benefit of formal training in Information Arechitecture. As elearning and visual designers, IA is a critical issue we deal with on every project, tied in with user-experience, HCI and usability. It's also true that despite the undeniable value of having a professional information architect on board (all the more so the larger
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Instructional Design Jobs
Posted on 20:11 by Unknown
Reprinted from an email announcement made by Andrea Barett, member of the Elearning Network of Australasia._______________________*elearning Instructional Designers**RWD Technologies *is expanding its elearning practice in Australia,and is seeking experienced Instructional Design professionals forpermanent and contract roles.We have a number of projects and these roles offer
Tuesday, 13 February 2007
Are university students digital natives?
Posted on 19:12 by Unknown
[All the credit for this post should go to the folks at TemplateData for spotting this first!] A team at the University of Melbourne has released a report that looks at just what kind of technology First Year students (Freshman) are using and how they are using it. The aim of First year students' experience with technology: are they really
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Interface 2.0 - The new web interface
Posted on 15:10 by Unknown
With all this talk of AJAX, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript and XML, is Web 2.0 just the catch phrase of the day, or is their something elearning visual designers can gleen from all the hype?So the definition is debateable, but for many it's the idea that the web will gradually converge into a platform for web applications. If you develop your own interfaces, the technology side of Web 2.0 is probably
Tuesday, 21 November 2006
2-Minute Design History: Colors
Posted on 20:34 by Unknown
To launch the "2-minute Design History" series (see previous post) we start, where it often begins: with colors. You may be familiar with the physics of optics, the cultural connotations of color, the psychology of color, or maybe even the varied spellings of the word colour, but what very few of us ever stop to ponder is the material itself. The pigments, the paint, the oils, the ink, the raw
Tuesday, 31 October 2006
Interface Design Case Study - Sakai LMS
Posted on 16:00 by Unknown
Recently I was asked to design a new Interface for the popular open-source community and learning management system, Sakai. Herein I include some of the challenges, take a look at the before and after screenshots, and provide an update on progress and current usage of the final product the "Amistad" skin.In June, I had the opportunity to work on a project for CARET (the Centre for Advanced
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