Karen O'Hara's "TL;DR" Powerpoint for the Distance Learning Interest Group (DLIG) 2011 Spring Workshop.

1. tl;dr INOV8 May 13, 2011 Karen O’Hara | IT Services | Miami University, Oxford, OH

2. How long is “too long”?

3. Let’s hear from a leading web usability wizard…

4. Nielsen’s Alertbox column on Web usability, published on the Internet since 1995 Current readership: 12 million page views/year

6. 1997 Users don't read on the web; they scan Nielsen, 1997

7. 2005 ( teens ) have shorter attention spans , less patience for reading & prefer interactivity Nielsen, 2005

8. 2008 Users read perhaps 20-28% of the words during the average website visit Nielsen, 2008

9. 2010 ( undergrads ) dislike new interfaces , are goal-oriented & search dominant Nielsen, 2010

10. 2011 Users struggle to understand complicated content on mobile devices Nielsen, 2011

11. What does all of this tell us?

12. Our audience is in a hurry!

13. and…

15. and…

16. Higher Ed users are frustrated

17. http://xkcd.com/773/

18. http://xkcd.com/773/

19. How do we fix it?

29. An example over the years April, 2001 Today

30. Good things, when short, are twice as good. — Gracián