This document discusses virtual learning environments and design principles for online education. It notes that design is a process, not a product, and discusses concepts like coherence, complexity, and legibility. It also covers the advantages and disadvantages of visual, textual, and audio elements in online learning. Best practices include supplementing graphics with audio alone instead of redundant text, avoiding unnecessary information, and using a conversational tone to enhance learning through personalization.

1. VLEvirtual learning environments Group1 – Cheryl, Pat, Heather,Richard

2. VLE Continuum (6.9)

3. 4 Cognitive Determinants of Environmental Preference

4. coherence

5. complexity

6. legibility

7. mystery

8. Design"...design is a process, NOT a product." (1.3 Learning Spaces)

9. Concept

10. Modeling

12. Product

13. Visual

14. Concept Mapping

15. Micro-worlds

16. Visual Internet ToolsVisual

17. Visual Internet Tools

18. Simulation

19. Auditory"Text, or literacy, and voice, or orality, require different forms of thinking and not interchangeable."

20. Disadvantages of Text dependent on...written language skills

21. typing speed

22. understanding abbreviations (lol, omg, etc)and is...slow

23. not real timeDisadvantages of audioThere are...tech issues

24. often no record

25. no framework for usageaudio can improve perceptions of...instructor presence

26. student engagement, motivation & confidence

27. mutual understanding

28. knowledge of course content

29. instructor-student interaction"best practices"Supplement graphics with audio alone rather than audio and redundant text to reduce cognitive overload (redundancy principle).

30. Avoid using visuals, text and sounds that are not essential to instruction as unnecessary information impedes learning by interfering with the integration of information (coherence principle).

31. Use a conversational tone and/or a personalized learning agent to enhance learning via social conventions to listen and respond meaningfully (personalization principle). Give the students… control

32. Research

33. WELCOME