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In a previous article I went into detail about the important roles that contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity play in webdesign. This article will piggy back on those principles as I examine 6 ways you can take your webdesign from good to great.

"What I can help you do is avoid the common things that stop learning happen, or slow down the process.Learning takes time and it takes effort - on the part of the "teacher" and on the part of the "learner". By learning, I mean the process by which an individual is able to achieve something more quickly, or with higher quality, through gaining a skill, some knowledge, or starting to exhibit a particular behaviour."

Strategy to teach students how to take notes following "The Building Blocks of Research" model and prevent plagiarism.

This paper explores how a group of undergraduate students in one of the university in South of Malaysian use their mobile phones to perform informal learning activities related to the content of their courses outside the classroom. The paper also addresses the usefulness of informal learning activities to support students' learning. The study adopts an exploratory case study design and uses two methods of data collection including questionnaires and interviews. Main findings suggest that students performed informal learning activities mostly from office, home, interacting mainly with classmates. It also shows that students were in control of their informal learning activities without tutor or SMEs' input. However, it was found that students used only a limited number of applications but these were considered useful to their learning. The paper contributes to a discussion of the implications of training and instructional support to help students to take more advantage of mobile phone applications to support informal learning. The conclusion is discussed about the further research in this domain.

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.

Lee Freeman, who administers the online MBA program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, decided it was time to answer those questions and maybe challenge a few misapprehensions about time in online teaching. He surveyed instructors in all different sc

Tom Kuhlmann offers some insight and suggestions for selecting typefaces.

When adding images to your site or blog posts do you take the time to crop them to create a more dynamic and visually interesting image? Here's a simple trick

Learn a simple method of website usability testing that takes just a few seconds to complete and offers a good measure of a website's user-friendliness.

I've come up with 5 steps that you can take to create a presentation that will work, even if you're not a designer.

Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take

This free guide on skills for in-house teams will help you to do a skills audit and determine how best to set up your internal team to take on more responsibility for e-learning design and development.

One of the impacts of the credit crunch has been a fresh look at the potential of e-learning. We decided to take a look at some of the research and examine the benefits of e-learning.

It is time to tear down the e-learning wallpaper and take heed of some top tips on using graphics for instructional use.

Take a look at these 5 different types of header design and see how the examples have used them creatively to make an impact.

Most of us have had no training in visual literacy. We think and communicate with words rather than visuals. So it will take some time and effort to begin to think visually as you plan your training materials.

Presentation notes by Dr. Alvin Trusty at eTechOhio 2009. Create an engaging presentation using free resources.

Ready to get students excited about writing? The Story Starter machine serves up hundreds of creative combinations that take the writer's block out of creative writing for students in grades K-6.

Take a look in the sky and all of stars, moons and planets.

A list of motivational techniques and instructional strategies to support learning.