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, 21 October 2009
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
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
The un-digital experience
Posted on 22:43 by Unknown
We graze in digital vapor all day, but there's plenty we can't let go of in the analog world. The crispy satisfaction of a magazine, the "new smell" that runs along the inside spine of a book, the scratchy novelty of an old recording, or the unpredictability of a limited edition screen print. Let's face it, life full-digital lacks a luster and a good 200,000 years of humanity. So let's
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Instructional video example
Posted on 20:26 by Unknown
Quickie: Here's a nice example of high quality instructional Flash video put out by an educational institution. This video-based flash site helps non-technical academics learn how to use audio visual teaching equipment easily. The information is in comfortable and navigable bite-size chunks, and the use of narrated dual-video make these how-to's fun and easy to follow (it's like airline safety
Monday, 7 July 2008
Rapid E-learning
Posted on 19:28 by Unknown
When you want to build an online teaching tool fast, but you don't have a design and development team, you might turn to ready-made tools for the job, like Adobe Captivate, and you'll probably call it "Rapid E-learning". Business, in particular, loves the promise of anything that sounds fast and cheap, so buzzwords like "Rapid E-learning" take off like wildfire. This quick and dirty approach,
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Practical guide to podcasting for education
Posted on 16:53 by Unknown
E-learning and podcasting seem to go hand and hand these days, and as a designer of elearning you may be asked to launch a podcast or two. There are resources out there, but the job of initiating your podcast can still be confusing, and you'll likely face mysteries that are time consuming to unlock. However, once it's set up, the podcast is easy to maintain - so save yourself time and take a
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Design Conference February 2009
Posted on 16:46 by Unknown
Check out the upcoming Third International Conference on Design Principles and Practices to be held in Berlin, Germany from 15-17 February 2009... According to the conference organizers...This conference is a place to explore the meaning and purpose of 'design', as well as speaking in grounded ways about the task of design and the use of designed artifacts and processes. The conference is a
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