Designing Text-based Information
Sharebar You might practice information design every day and not know it. Information design refers to transforming complex, unorganized or unstructured information into meaningful and easily-accessed content. Sound familiar? Information design is multi-disciplinary. It’s concerned with visual presentation, the structure and organization of content, the accessibility of information and how it is used. 1. Left-justifying paragraphs of text is good. A paragraph of centered text is difficult to read. 2. When the background is noisy, it provides extraneous visual cues that disrupt word perception. Text on a textured background detracts from readability Text on a quiet background is easier to read. 3. According to Robin Williams, author of The Non-Designers Type Book, the underline interferes with the letters it is emphasizing. Underline is old school, use bold or italics for emphasis 4. High contrast improves readability 5. Light on dark reduces readability for most people 6.
Educating the Net Generation
The Net Generation has grown up with information technology. The aptitudes, attitudes, expectations, and learning styles of Net Gen students reflect the environment in which they were raised—one that is decidedly different from that which existed when faculty and administrators were growing up. This collection explores the Net Gen and the implications for institutions in areas such as teaching, service, learning space design, faculty development, and curriculum. Contributions by educators and students are included. The printed book is available through Amazon.com. Diana G. Please Note: This PDF contains the entire book with embedded hyperlinks of URLs, endnotes, and index terms, plus bookmarks to all chapters and sections. Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Index Copyright Information Authors retain the copyright to their intellectual content, with EDUCAUSE owning the copyright to the collected publication.
Ways to Organize Information
The amount of information available to the average person in the workforce is exploding. With informal learning coming to the forefront, instructional designers may increasingly be responsible for designing information, rather than online courses.This could be for websites, interactive resources, references, support systems, mobile glossaries and things we haven’t even thought of yet. If you’re called upon to perform information design, you’ll want to make the information manageable, findable and easy to use. One approach to this is the LATCH system, created by Richard Saul Wurman. . He writes that there are mainly five ways to organize information and these are applicable to most situations. LOCATION Use this when organizing information around locales, from grand to small. ALPHABET Use this when organizing large quantities of information, such as specialized glossaries or the online resources on your company’s intranet. This sums up the LATCH approach to information design.
The Free eBook: How to become an eLearning Professional
By Connie Malamed I never think of myself as an expert. Gaining expertise is an ongoing journey of continuous learning where there is no end in sight. Our field is particularly broad and deep. No one person can retain all of this information and no one person can be competent in all of the related skills. If you think of all the people in this domain as one giant mind, you can see how we gain expertise together. To become a “pro” in this career then, involves getting involved with people in our field and outside of it. Becoming a pro also means staying up-to-date and this is easily done through social media platforms. Becoming a pro also involves helping others learn by sharing your excellent finds and documenting your experiences in the public sphere. Even if you work alone, there’s no excuse for remaining isolated. Connie Malamed Position: Learning, information and visual design consultant Company: Connie Malamed Consulting Short Bio By Connie Malamed I never think of myself as an expert.
52 Tips on Best Practices for eLearning Development and Implementation
August 21, 2012 Contributing Editor, Karen Forni How can you develop and deploy eLearning quickly, efficiently, and with positive results? Which eLearning development and implementation methods work best and which methods are unreliable or ineffective? From tips on popular authoring tools to ideas for generating team engagement, this complimentary eBook provides 52 ideas to help you create and deliver high-quality eLearning, drawing on the experience of 12 experts who are leading sessions in The eLearning Guild’s September 2012 Online Forum, “eLearning Development and Implementation: Best Practices.” Get valuable insights in areas including: Guidelines and ProtocolsMaking Tools Work for YouEngaging Your TeamReaching (and Teaching) Your Audience Complete the form below and download the report today! All fields are required
Web 2.0 Tools in Education: A Quick Guide by Mohamed Amin Embi
Web 2.0 Tools in Education: A Quick Guide by Mohamed Amin Embi
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10 Must Read Books on The 21st Century Literacies
February, 2015 The literacy landscape is rapidly evolving to the extent that we can no longer expect what it will be like in the next coming years. Regardless of the nomenclature, whether you call them new literacies, emerging literacies, 21st century literacies , the traditional concept of literacy has definitely undergone so much transformations and modifications in the last two decades especially in the light of the the new technological advancements and the emergence of new forms of using and interacting with text. Literacy now entails more than just being able to decode (read) and encode (write) text, but also includes the ability to express and communicate through a multimodal system of signs, the ability to analyze, evaluate, synthesize, critically appraise and share different forms of information. For those of you interested in delving deep into the concept of new literacies, the academic works below are definitely a must read. 5- Literacy in the New Media Age (Literacies).
