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The document discusses balancing aesthetics and usability when designing learning tools. It questions whether focusing too much on aesthetics detracts from a tool's pedagogical value or if aesthetics alone are enough. The document also prompts evaluating a learning tool's usability, aesthetics, and overall effectiveness, then considering ways to improve it for teaching and learning.
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- 1. DESIGN
- 2. Do Beautiful Things Work Better?
- 5. At what point are aesthetics NOT enough?
- 7. Toys… Are these kids learning?
- 9. iPad Fun
- 11. Other Tools Used in Learning Do you think they balance aesthetics and usability? Are they successful when applied in learning due to their beauty/fun or usefulness?
- 12. Group Activity Think of (or find online) a tool used in learning Evaluate its usability Evaluate its aesthetics Evaluate its overall effectiveness Think of a way to make it better for teaching/learning
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- From RSS feed of Blogs at Penn State for tag “ipad”I’m trying to come up with something else that is relevant to the design of the ipad (possibly the fanboys vs. haters discussion)