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Design Matters « higher education management group - 2 views

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elearning_design design LWT2011

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growing recognition that design is not simply about making products attractive
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easier to use, fit better into the flow of people’s lives, suit the needs of a broader range of end-users, increase productivity, and even influence emotions (which in turn can influence cognition).
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digital higher education – both its software and content – has managed to remain untouched by good design.
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esign is not even on the agenda
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just like educators.
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design and education have remarkably similar objectives
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Design
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quality of design in screen-based environments dramatically influences the end-user’s experience.
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passive form of communication
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Both design and education attempt to leverage the user’s existing knowledge
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maximize the audience’s retention of relevant information
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seeks to make the complex simple
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move beyond a one-way
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the end-user become an active participant in the process
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y organizing the user’s attention; encouraging them to focus on what the designer/educator feels is most important.
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establishing a competitive difference for institutions
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students approach education like consumers
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seeking out meaningful differences
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Thoughtfully designed software and content can serve as a competitive differentiators
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tangible; students can see (and experience) the difference
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few institutions have the talent and resources in place to leverage design
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Nimble and intelligent institutions can use design to stake out a significant difference
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Baked In: How BenchPrep Is Turning e-Textbooks Into Virtual Study Groups | Fast Company - 2 views

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assessment e-Textbooks

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Social networking-enabled test prep textbooks with interactive quizzes.

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iPad and iPhone Application Development (HD) - Download free content from Stanford on i... - 2 views

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wlampner on 16 Nov 11

Free from Stanford.

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You Suck At PowerPoint! - 2 views

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powerpoint presentation

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You Suck At PowerPoint!
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Joel Mellor on 25 Aug 11

Funny I ran into this right after our conversation this morning.

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DoubleTake by Purdue University - Mobile learning and video sharing - 1 views

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DoubleTake provides instructors an easy way to assign, manage, and grade student video projects. Students can use the DoubleTake mobile application to produce and submit videos for course assignments or, alternatively, upload captured video through a separate Web interface.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">DoubleTake provides instructors an easy way to assign, manage, and grade student video projects. Students can use the DoubleTake mobile application to produce and submit videos for course assignments or, alternatively, upload captured video through a separate Web interface. </div>

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Tumult Hype - 1 views

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html5 ibooks

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Patrick Tabatcher on 23 Feb 12

Looks interesting. This program seems like the "flash" app for creating HTML5 animations. Includes an export function to bring the animations into iBooks Author.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Looks interesting. This program seems like the "flash" app for creating HTML5 animations. Includes an export function to bring the animations into iBooks Author.</div>

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Organic Motion: Markerless Motion Capture - 1 views

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motion capture video animation skills analysis

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Stephen Allen on 28 Jul 11

Markerless motion capture means none of those dots pasted all over your body. This is an expensive ($80,000) system, but apparently motion capture studio rental can be quite high. Not to suggest we run out and buy this, but Sports Science and Dance may be interested in utilizing such technology.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Markerless motion capture means none of those dots pasted all over your body. This is an expensive ($80,000) system, but apparently motion capture studio rental can be quite high. Not to suggest we run out and buy this, but Sports Science and Dance may be interested in utilizing such technology.</div>

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New Classroom Tool Uses Laptops & Phones for Instant Assessment - 1 views

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Clickers edtech

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potential clicker alternatives, see comments for more to review

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Twitter hasn't killed RSS just yet, here's how to find your Twitter feed RSS url | The ... - 1 views

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twitter rss social_media

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Patrick Tabatcher on 18 Aug 11

A how-to article to get the RSS feed for your Twitter feed.

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Glassboard: The Anti-Facebook - 1 views

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social_media social_networking

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Patrick Tabatcher on 04 Sep 12

An example of how you can use Glassboard. Glassboard has been getting traction at conferences as a way to communicate and share information.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An example of how you can use Glassboard. Glassboard has been getting traction at conferences as a way to communicate and share information.</div>

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copyrightconfusion - home - 1 views

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copyright fairuse education teaching Wiki

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Finally~Copyright Clarity has arrived
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MSDN Blogs - 1 views

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privacy

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Patrick Tabatcher on 21 Feb 12

In light of the discovery that Google circumvents settings in Safari that block third-party cookies, it is discovered that Google is also circumventing privacy setting in IE.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In light of the discovery that Google circumvents settings in Safari that block third-party cookies, it is discovered that Google is also circumventing privacy setting in IE.</div>

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MinutePhysics - YouTube - 1 views

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Patrick Tabatcher on 08 Feb 12

Short animations illustrating physics.

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Check This Out: The New Coke 5! | Fast Company - 1 views

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Check This Out: The New Coke 5! BY Martin LindstromTue Oct 4, 2011 From lightbulbs to iPhones, tech has a history of being produced with planned obsolescence. And our children will never know the alternative.
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Joel Mellor on 05 Oct 11

Some interesting insights on thinking....

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Adobe MAX 2011 - Photoshop Image Deblurring sneak - YouTube - 1 views

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photoshop

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Patrick Tabatcher on 11 Oct 11

Watch a potential feature of Photoshop that let's you un-blur an image.

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Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 1 views

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qr codes

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Describes ways QR Codes can be used.

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State Regulators Work to Clarify Regulations for Distance Education Providers... - 1 views

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State_auth

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Recent stateauth changes.

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Lion compatibility; native or not? | Operating Systems | Mac 911 | Macworld - 1 views

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mac-osx lion

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Patrick Tabatcher on 28 Jun 11

A easy way to determine if you are running any apps that will stop working with Lion. I have several that are incompatible, one is the Microsoft Office Update utility. Another is the Media 100 Transcoder.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A easy way to determine if you are running any apps that will stop working with Lion. I have several that are incompatible, one is the Microsoft Office Update utility. Another is the Media 100 Transcoder.</div>

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YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. - 1 views

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youtube speed test speedtest Tools performance

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Stephen Allen on 15 Jun 11

This is the test. It takes about one second. I suppose it could point to or eliminate connection speed as an issue when a user is having trouble with one of our videos.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is the test. It takes about one second. I suppose it could point to or eliminate connection speed as an issue when a user is having trouble with one of our videos.</div>

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Blind Florida State U. Students Sue Over E-Learning Systems - Wired Campus - The Chroni... - 1 views

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accessibility