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Activity 3.1 What is multimedia?
“Multimedia is an eerie wail as two cat’s eyes appear on a dark screen.
It’s a small window of video laid onto a map of India, showing an old man recalling his dusty journey to meet a rajah there…”
Tay Vaughan, 1998, Multimedia: Making it Work
Multimedia is understood to mean a product [...]
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Scored 7/8! horray
couldn’t find serif n sans serif in word doc lol
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Who said: “design is thinking made visual”?
Selected Answer:
Saul Bass
Correct Answer:
Saul Bass
Feedback:
That’s the one!
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
The basic elements of visual communication are: form,content, arrangement, light & colour.
Selected Answer:
True
Correct Answer:
True
Question [...]
Posted in Elearning Design Activities on May 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
Activity 2.6 Social Learning Theory
Albert Bandura (1977) combines behaviourist reinforcement with cognitive processes for understanding the behaviour of others. Bandura empasises the importance of observing and modeling – his 2 key elements for learning are: experience and expectations§ Experience enables us to learn the consequences of our actions§ Expectations are formed by our experiences Four processes underlie [...]
Posted in Elearning Design Activities on May 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Activity 2.5 A Constructivist Approach
Bruner’s Constructivist Theory:
Bruner (1966) based his theory on learning by discovery – information should be organised in a spiral manner that allows the learner to re-arrange and re-assemble content to create new insights.
According to Bruner, discovery and meaningful learning enhances recall and transfer of learning. The main objective is [...]
Posted in Elearning Design Activities on May 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
Activity 2.4 A Humanist approach
The Humanist approach developed from the Cognitive but focuses on experiential learning and the assumption that the individual is ever seeking greater personal adequacy, self-esteem and self-actualisation. Humanists emphasise the individual’s innate need to achieve personal worth, dignity and creativity and believe a better society will evolve by nurturing these qualities. Humanist teachers [...]
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Activity 2.3 A Cognitive Approach
Cognitive psychologists emphasize the role of experience, the development of meaning, and the use of problem-solving and insight as the sources of learning. The individual learner will perceives organised wholes – rather than disconnected pieces. Each person will behave and learn in terms of what is real for them. Learning is therefore [...]
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Activity 2.1 What is learning?
What is learning? “The best definition is to conceive of learning as a relatively permanent change in behaviour with behaviour including both observable activity and internal processes such as thinking, attitudes and emotions.”Burns, R. 1995, The Adult Learner at Work. What is your definition of learning?
Learning is the process of acquiring information and [...]
Posted in Elearning Design Activities on Mar 25th, 2008 No Comments »
1.3 Communication Technologies
Synchronous versus Asynchronous
What is synchronous communication? Provide examples:
Examples:
q Chatting q Discussion forumsq Video conferencingq q
What is the benefit of synchronous communication? When would you use it?
You would use it when there’s time constraint or where there’s a lot of time for back and forth communication, when you want immediate response, in a [...]
Posted in Elearning Design Activities on Mar 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Activity 1.2 Web-based applications
What is meant by web-based application?
Applications that is available on the web (internet).
They can be free or not, available for all or user restricted,
Examples include: Google spreadsheet, edublogs.org etc.
What is Web2.0?
Web 2.0 is a trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to [...]
Posted in Elearning Design Activities on Mar 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Activity 1.1 Current Technologies
Sorry, posted this late. It was because I couldn’t get in! Remember, edublogs is case sensitive!!Read: Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0
by John Seely Brown and Richard P. Adler.
Published in Educause Review, January/February 2008.http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/MindsonFireOpenEducationt/45823 Now Read: The Horizon Report 2008The Horizon report is an annual initiative co-published [...]
