A British television-style series "Next Generation Learning" is available on youTube. This government initiative to boost and improve the use of technology for learning states "It is our ambition to utilise the benefits of technology to create a more exciting, rewarding and successful experience for learners of all ages and abilities, enabling them to achieve their potential. Only one in five
Friday, 2 July 2010
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Pretty = Usable
Posted on 21:51 by Unknown
Far from being in conflict, it turns out that "pretty" and "usable" are the siamese twins of good usability. Research continues to prove that attractive things are, literally, easier to use. How is that possible? Well, it all comes down to emotion and the brain...
Designers (and users) have intuitively known for centuries that if it's "gorgeous", "inviting", or "fun", it just seems to work
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Vintage Printables
Posted on 20:52 by Unknown
This site is such a treasure, I almost want to keep it to myself...Public Domain Vintage illustrations lovingly scanned are available at Vintage Printable. Beautiful! (And thank you thank you thank you).
Sunday, 15 November 2009
3D animated movies for learning in minutes
Posted on 17:33 by Unknown
From the desktop to the classroom, teachers are dabbling in DIY animation cause, heck, why not. Be it 2D, 3D or stop motion, animations, and the act of animating, can become a central part of learning, even, apparantly, in primary school. One favored tool is xtranormal STATE which turns text into a 3D animated movie and it's completely free. Write your story, pick your characters and get
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Online Educational Games
Posted on 14:21 by Unknown
Online games for kids that teach skills in math, science and language arts are available for free at arcademicskillbuilders.com. This University of Kansas based initiative also features a plethora of other online teacher resources via 4Teachers.org (just check out the drop down at the top right of the screen). Kudos to the folks at ALTEC, U. of Kansas.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Design Principles Database
Posted on 18:18 by Unknown
Dip into expert knowledge on learning design at the design principles database:The Design Principles Database (DPD) "is a place for you to learn from the wisdom gained by dozens of researchers who have designed, enacted with students, and studied the use of technology for learning. This wisdom is translated in the DPD into pedagogical Design Principles"."browse or search the dpd for design
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
'Print' magazine - for the thinking designer
Posted on 20:54 by Unknown
As designers, how can we but revel in that glossy eye-candy rich artifact: the design magazine. We're looking for fun, information, inspiration, the new, the bold, the beautiful and a font of fabulous ideas. So is it me, or does it feel like instead we're bombarded with a stream of photoshop tutorials, technology ads, free cds, buzz-word infiltrated articles and layouts that are "so hip" its
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