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Merits of good design - Plymouth e-learning conference
The document discusses effective practices for designing digital media aimed at enhancing teaching and learning experiences through interaction and audience considerations. It highlights the importance of understanding audience needs, measuring success, and employing collaborative and reflective strategies in content creation. Key components include managing information, utilizing various digital tools, designing accessible content, and optimizing resources for diverse learners.
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- 1. Methods and meritsof good design:Practices for digital media Zak Mensah @zakmensahJISC Digital Media#pelc10
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- 4. Interaction“The art ofinteraction. It’s what you do. “Seth Godin
- 5. InteractionTeacher + studentTeacher+ Student + student + teacherStudent + student (informal)Face to face+Blended+Distance+Informal
- 6. I remember when..Itused to be that your main resources wereonly used during a teaching session.before, during and post session.
- 7. Why should wecare?Help your audience solve their problems of understanding and knowledge
- 8. Benefits for teachingand learningLearners StaffInteraction+Additional context+Enhance learning+RepurposingRepurposing+Support context+Measureable+Support different learners
- 9. Benefits for newbiesinclude:Time shifting+Collaboration+Reflection+Assessment
- 10. Functions of PLEsManaginginformationGeneratingcontentConnectingwith othersLearningRecording and sharing achievement (e-portfolio)cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009Sharing with others (exchange)Communication with others (dialogue)
- 11. What happens if….CodecissuesHardware…er no soundcards/speakersDesigning within the space (constraints)Speed (see later firefox example)
- 12. Avoid common problemsLackof understanding of audience to give them resources they cannot interact withThe odd dead link can be forgiven but that’s all really.
- 13. Think about youraudienceWho are they?
- 14. Persona PaddyBackgroundPaddy isin a technical role and it is hisjob to support his colleagues with anything using technology. Goals and motivation Paddy wants support to identify solutionsto common problems.He has very little budget but is happy totry different approaches to finding asolution. He believes that the correct useof technology will help him and othersuse time and resource more effectively.
- 15. What devices doyour audiences use?Own computer?Mobile device? Games console?Institution computers - What is the spec?
- 16. Mobile usage atEdinburgh49% smartphone39% unlimited data50% Check email daily
- 17. Here, there andeverywherePre, during and post sessionWe can add value.
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- 19. Think about youraudienceWhat do they need?
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- 21. Measuring successBy makinga few minor tweaks to our toplanding pages, we can drive an additional60,000,000 Firefox downloads per year
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- 23. Measuring success: Wherecan I improve?
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- 25. Think about youraudienceGive them what they want (mostly)
- 26. Components of apodcast episodeTitleSummaryDurationFile sizePlayerDownload fileNotes (including URLs)Subscribe to the podcast
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- 28. Time shifting:Before, during and post session.
- 29. Areas for useClassroomFieldworkLectureClassroomOnline(VLE, website or PLE)
- 30. Activity typeCollaborationAssessmentTeaching aidVehicle for Discussion
- 31. How much willit cost?Free software tools will doScreenrAudacityBrowserFlickr
- 32. Pulling it alltogether
- 33. Designing for thewebFeaturing five sections, each covering a core aspect of graphic design:Getting StartedResearchTypographyColourLayout. http://designingfortheweb.co.uk/
- 34. Finding and usingfree images
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- 38. Our servicesAdvice documents- covering many uses of still images, moving images and audioTraining & consultancy - One day workshops or tailored collaborationFree Helpdesk - Responses within five daysOnline surgery - Fortnightly sessions
- 39. Screencast workflowA screencastrefers to a recording then delivering of the graphic content of a defined region of the computer screen
- 40. Components of ascreencastscreen capture presentationsoftware/web demonstrationworkflow demonstrationaudiovoiceoveraudio materialsvideoimagestextbranding (idents, logos etc)creditsmetadata
- 41. technical workflow templatedevelopmentagree on software, tools and settingsproduce common content brandinggraphicsidentsconfigure and save templates
- 42. Technical workflowcontent production/presentationscreencaptureaudio recordingother contentcompositing and editingrendering and export Delivery
Editor's Notes
- #2 Speaking event http://www2.plymouth.ac.uk/e-learning/ 2010 Conference tag #pelc10
- #4 …is considering the audience experience from the moment they: see, hear, interact with the resource, to the last time they interact with it.Much like when buildings are designed. Its more than just bricks and mortar, the spaces consider the uses.Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/streamishmc/2340150187/
- #5 Teaching staff and support staff are now in the business of creating interactive experiences.Book reference: Linchpin, Seth Godin, p85http://www.flickr.com/photos/tidymind/4327717486/Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/storem/349222636/
- #8 Potential benefits are for both the creator as well as the consumerPhoto credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinker-tailor/4285598900/
- #9 Benefits of digital mediaInteraction – we can design and/or steer the interactions with learnersAdditional context – We can now produce lots of material that further supports ideas in the classroom – think hyper-linking but with multimedia not just text-based.Enhance learning – Multimedia creates new opportunities for ways of teaching Repurposing – For learners much of the outcomes can be used as evidence for further learning/employers. For staff there is scope to use learners work for informing future cohorts and ot share with colleagues
- #11 We can use multimedia to support our PLEs.Couldn’t come to Plymouth and not cite Steve could we!
- #12 Backup the backup and then backup again. Photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/antphotos/4323319972/
- #13 It is our duty to understand our audience and delivery resources that reflect their skills and resource. If the learners all have smartphones, take advantage – if not then don’t.
- #14 Why are we building any resourcesImage credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antphotos/3489600094/in/set-72157604378784834/
- #15 Its quite rare to have 100% of our user base in front of us on a weekly basis. Use some of the time to get to know them better. http://carsonified.com/blog/design/how-to-understand-your-users-with-personas/
- #17 Many of you here will check work email.Eventually you start to do other work related ‘stuff’ and so do/will learners.Stats:http://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2010/03/mobile-use-at-edinburgh.html
- #18 This added value should lead to better results.
- #20 Why are we building any resourcesImage credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antphotos/3489600094/in/set-72157604378784834/
- #22 Stat from http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2010/04/05/firefox-page-load-speed-%E2%80%93-part-ii/Measuring allows us to benchmark our results which then can then use to do something else
- #23 WORKBOOK story: I used a workbook, and though most folk left it behind, I thought it was useful… until I asked the next cohort and they said they didn’t need it, just the urls.. So I swapped to a Google document with clickable links and now everybody is happy – no more out of date info and a added benefit is a saving on scheduling the prints and on print cost.
- #24 Even when you have produced a good resource there is room for improvement – Just look at F1The above graphic is displayed during practice, qualifying and the race. It displays live location and car data so that the team can look for improvements. http://mclaren.com/home
- #26 Summary of a session?Full recording? Full recording AND additional material?Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antphotos/3489600094/in/set-72157604378784834/
- #27 Our advice document on creating an audio podcast: http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/audio/advice/creating-an-audio-podcast/Image credit: http://5by5.tv/eepodcast – a Regular discussion about the content management system called Expression engine.
- #31 Some typical types of use
- #33 CreatingFinding and usingManagingDigital lifecyclePhoto credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadling/3094988395/
- #34 A must read for those interested in better understanding design for the web. http://designingfortheweb.co.uk/
- #35 Tutorial http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/imagesearching/We find other stuff because of opportunity to do so and to spend time effectively. Additional benefits may include better quality.
- #37 IPSGA is a system of riding used by IAM.We ride to this system EVERYTIME we go out. It allows us to have a plan that we can adapt at any moment. If we make a mistake then we can measure this as we are constantly checking against our “measures of success”.
- #38 Experiments – the key to innovationhttp://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=52113http://timkastelle.org/blog/2010/03/experiments-the-key-to-innovation/Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2798315677/
- #40 Referencehttp://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/movingimages/advice/screencasting/