Balsamiq. Website wireframes: Mockingbird. Matrix of Research Standards FY0506_0.pdf (application/pdf Object) Rapport in distance education | Murphy. Elizabeth Murphy and María A. Rodríguez-Manzanares Memorial University, Canada Abstract Rapport has been recognized as important in learning in general but little is known about its importance in distance education (DE). The study we report on in this paper provides insights into the importance of rapport in DE as well as challenges to and indicators of rapport-building in DE. Keywords: Distance education; online learning; rapport; teachers’ beliefs; high school education Rapport in Distance Education Benson, Cohen, and Buskist (2005) found that in classes where teachers established rapport students were more likely to attend class, pay attention, and enjoy the subject matter. Rapport, defined as harmonious interactions between teachers and students (Bernieri, 1998) or a relationship with mutual understanding and satisfactory communication (Carey, Hamilton, & Shanklin, 1986), is identified as important in the literature.
Rapport in the Literature Indicators of Rapport Method Participants. Course: Theme development presentations. Best practices in Moodle Course Design. Web Accessibility - Section 508. Webucator now offers Web Accessibility training based on this tutorial. The web accessibility book, Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance, is provided with the course when delivered for private groups.
The Web Accessibility Tutorial itself is also available on the Webucator site. Most of you are here for this course because you want to know what you must do to make your web pages accessible according to the Section 508 standards. In this introductory section we will discuss the nature of the important "Section 508" legislation that brings us together and what it means for information technology to be accessible. What is Section 508? The legislation referred to as "Section 508" is actually an amendment to the Workforce Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
The 1986 version of Section 508 established non-binding guidelines for technology accessibility while the 1998 version created binding, enforceable standards that are incorporated into the Federal Procurement process. Mt Orange Demo: Student. Rubric for Online Instruction. Abstract accepted: Moodlemoot Ireland 2013 – E-learning team blog. Our abstract for Moodle Moot Dublin has been accepted.
Woohoo! Here is the abstract we submitted. See you there! Interface design for rich, beautiful and engaging Moodle courses Most of our Moodle courses used to look to like messy file repositories. The students’ experience of using them was usually functional, but rarely pleasurable. We relatively quickly realised our tutors weren’t doing this by chance. In order to counter this we made a concerted effort to encourage tutors to create rich, beautiful and engaging learning resources for their students.
This, combined with a focused communications strategy, has made a considerable difference to the learning sites our students are using today. Want to see some cool course design? Checkout the Moodle at University of Sussex Welcome to Moodlenews.com A resource site for all Moodle-related news, tutorials, video, course content information and original resources. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe: RSS feed| Weekly Email Newsletter | Moodle News Twitter Thanks for visiting! From the great looking theme to the awesome course format (with linear organization and pages) the University of Sussex Moodle is one of my favorites around.
And you can get a look by just checking out the site with guest access. Login as guest at I really like the feature which by clicking on one of the topic titles (in the main left hand navigation) only that topic is displayed (no scroll of death) and linear controls for next/previous are displayed. For more about the Sussex Moodle and all the cool things that Stuart Lamour and his colleagues are doing checkout. Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) : Canberra Institute of Technology. Leeds City College Moodle. Better user experience; better learning experience? – E-learning team blog. Interesting usability research by the Sussex eLearning Team Welcome to Moodlenews.com A resource site for all Moodle-related news, tutorials, video, course content information and original resources. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe: RSS feed| Weekly Email Newsletter | Moodle News Twitter Thanks for visiting!
The Sussex eLearning Team recently shared some of their findings from a user survey that highlights the impetus for some of the usability changes they’ve made to the site and why. Sussex’s Moodle site ( is one of the best looking Moodle’s available (I highly encourage you to login as a guest and poke around); and it’s all running on Moodle 1.9. The aesthetic changes have done wonders to the site and provide a much more intuitive and easier to use interface for both students and teachers.
The full presentation slides are worth a read, maybe they’ll inspire some usability improvements of your own site.