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Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint - 0 views

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In General McMaster's view, PowerPoint's worst offense is not a chart like the spaghetti graphic, which was first uncovered by NBC's Richard Engel, but rigid lists of bullet points (in, say, a presentation on a conflict's causes) that take no account of interconnected political, economic and ethnic forces. "If you divorce war from all of that, it becomes a targeting exercise," General McMaster said.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In General McMaster's view, PowerPoint's worst offense is not a chart like the spaghetti graphic, which was first uncovered by NBC's Richard Engel, but rigid lists of bullet points (in, say, a presentation on a conflict's causes) that take no account of interconnected political, economic and ethnic forces. "If you divorce war from all of that, it becomes a targeting exercise," General McMaster said. </div>

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The Principle of Proximity in Web Design - 0 views

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Recently I picked up an old design book that I hadn't touched in a while, and it reminded me of a design principle that many of us put into practice probably

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Recently I picked up an old design book that I hadn't touched in a while, and it reminded me of a design principle that many of us put into practice probably</div>

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Here's Why Contrast is an Essential Part of E-Learning Design » The Rapid eLearnin... - 0 views

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Contrast is key part of your course design, In fact, it's one of the foundational principles in visual design. CARP - contrast, alignment, repetition and proximity.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Contrast is key part of your course design, In fact, it's one of the foundational principles in visual design. CARP - contrast, alignment, repetition and proximity.</div>

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50 Beautiful Free Icon Sets For Your Next Design - Smashing Magazine - 0 views

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Round-ups of beautiful and useful icons are almost legendary here, on Smashing Magazine. While some readers complain about the annoying list -style of some of our...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Round-ups of beautiful and useful icons are almost legendary here, on Smashing Magazine. While some readers complain about the annoying list -style of some of our...</div>

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Design Basics: Alignment To Add Order To Your Design | Van SEO Design - 0 views

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A couple of weeks ago I promised to expand on each of the four design basics. Today that expansion begins with an example of alignment. Amateur Design If you

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A couple of weeks ago I promised to expand on each of the four design basics. Today that expansion begins with an example of alignment. Amateur Design If you</div>

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4 Principles of Good Design for Websites - 0 views

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One of the areas of focus that I've taken into all my designs are the four major design principles. They include: contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One of the areas of focus that I've taken into all my designs are the four major design principles. They include: contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity.</div>

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The History of the Internet in a Nutshell - 0 views

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A short, understandable, and highly visual explanation of the history of the Internet.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A short, understandable, and highly visual explanation of the history of the Internet.</div>

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Elements of Design: Type - 0 views

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Type is a fundamental part of any design it appears in. It can be used as text to read, as a shape and as a visual element where the choice of typeface conveys an emotion or mood. Type, when used well doesn't need a photograph or illustration to back it u

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Type is a fundamental part of any design it appears in. It can be used as text to read, as a shape and as a visual element where the choice of typeface conveys an emotion or mood. Type, when used well doesn't need a photograph or illustration to back it u</div>

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The_Personal_Learning_Environment: A report on the JISC CETIS PLE project - 0 views

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This report details the findings of the investigation into Personal Learning Environments conducted by CETIS between March 2005 and July 2006 and commissioned by JISC. In our work we considered the phenomenon of the PLE from a number of different aspects.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This report details the findings of the investigation into Personal Learning Environments conducted by CETIS between March 2005 and July 2006 and commissioned by JISC. In our work we considered the phenomenon of the PLE from a number of different aspects.</div>

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Learning & Performance Support - 0 views

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The latest Kineo Briefing paper explores the issues of learning and performance support. There has been a great deal of interest in recent years in the concept of performance support systems. In essence, this means providing all the knowledge a person nee

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The latest Kineo Briefing paper explores the issues of learning and performance support. There has been a great deal of interest in recent years in the concept of performance support systems. In essence, this means providing all the knowledge a person nee</div>

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40 Tutorials for Creating Highly Detailed Icon Designs - 0 views

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Check out this collection of 40 of the best icon design tutorials, each covering the process of designing a highly detailed graphic in Illustrator or Photoshop.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Check out this collection of 40 of the best icon design tutorials, each covering the process of designing a highly detailed graphic in Illustrator or Photoshop.</div>

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21 Most Used Fonts By Professional Designers - 0 views

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The fonts are one of the most important parts of every web Project. All though there have been many other selective collection font posts around which most of

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The fonts are one of the most important parts of every web Project. All though there have been many other selective collection font posts around which most of</div>

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10 Principles Of Effective Web Design - 0 views

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Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web-site. Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web-site. Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric</div>

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PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. The authors of these dissertations and theses have opted to publish as open access and make their research available for free on the open Web. Open Access Publishing

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. The authors of these dissertations and theses have opted to publish as open access and make their research available for free on the open Web. Open Access Publishing </div>

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Bugscope - 0 views

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Bugscope is an educational outreach program for K-12 classrooms. The core of Bugscope is an interactive web-application that allows remote control of our Scanning Electron Microscope, an actively used high-end research tool at the University of Illinois,

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Bugscope is an educational outreach program for K-12 classrooms. The core of Bugscope is an interactive web-application that allows remote control of our Scanning Electron Microscope, an actively used high-end research tool at the University of Illinois, </div>

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Editor's choice 2008: Selected online learning resources - 0 views

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A compilation of useful resources that pertain to the field of online learning and uses of the Internet for instructional delivery.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A compilation of useful resources that pertain to the field of online learning and uses of the Internet for instructional delivery.</div>

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UTHSC ePharmacology EPSS - 0 views

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Example of student work produced at the University of Memphis. ePharm is a database of drug names and pronunciations to help medical students pronounce pharmaceuticals correctly.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Example of student work produced at the University of Memphis. ePharm is a database of drug names and pronunciations to help medical students pronounce pharmaceuticals correctly.</div>

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Sophie - 0 views

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Sophie's goal is to open up the world of multimedia authoring to a wide range of people and institutions and in so doing to redefine the notion of a book or "academic paper" to include both rich media and mechanisms for reader feedback and conversation in

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Sophie's goal is to open up the world of multimedia authoring to a wide range of people and institutions and in so doing to redefine the notion of a book or "academic paper" to include both rich media and mechanisms for reader feedback and conversation in</div>

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ARKive - 0 views

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Thousands of unique videos and images of species from across the globe.ARKive - Thousands of unique videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Thousands of unique videos and images of species from across the globe.ARKive - Thousands of unique videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species</div>

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Technology Integration Matrix - 0 views

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The technology integration matrix identifies types of activities each each of level of technology integration. The examples include lesson plans and a video describing the unit.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The technology integration matrix identifies types of activities each each of level of technology integration. The examples include lesson plans and a video describing the unit.</div>

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Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint - 0 views

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Here's Why Contrast is an Essential Part of E-Learning Design &#xbb; The Rapid eLearnin... - 0 views

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