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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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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 [...]
Posted in Elearning Design Activities on May 14th, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
