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Layout and Style

The Impact of Visual Layout Factors on Performance in Web Pages: A Cross-Language Study The first article that I read, called ” The Impact of Visual Layout Factors on Performance in Web Pages: A Cross-Language Study,” examined the correlation between visual layout and website performance. Factors such as screen organization, alignment, consistency of location ofContinue reading “Layout and Style”

Copyright and Web Content

Content distribution and copyright authentication based on combined indexing and watermarking This paper explored the topic of copyright issues on digital content. The paper is from 2012, but even then, it recognized the widespread distribution of multimedia content across the internet. The authors propose a content distribution and copyright authentication system based on media indexContinue reading “Copyright and Web Content”

Web Accessibility

The Relationship Between Web Content and Web Accessibility at Universities: The Influence of Social and Cultural Factors. This article examined the question of whether universities from varied cultures rank differently in regards to web accessibility (WA) and the quality of web content. Since universities are responsible for providing higher quality web content, this study wasContinue reading “Web Accessibility”

Week 7-LTEC 5510 Project Reflection

This project is keeping me on my toes! I feel as if I’m waking up, and going to bed every night, brainstorming about my project, and how I should incorporate the vast amounts of information into my course. I’ve started keeping a bullet journal, where I’m keeping ideas and concepts that I hear through theContinue reading “Week 7-LTEC 5510 Project Reflection”

LTEC 5510 Project Reflection Week 6

This is the close of week 6, and I’m realizing what a monumental project 45 hours of instructional design will be! My project titled “Self-care and self-regulation for metacognitive development in high school students” is officially underway. This week I began uploading my course curriculum for module 1 of 8, and although I’m not asContinue reading “LTEC 5510 Project Reflection Week 6”

Empathic Instructional Design

This week, I conducted some research on the empathic instructional design model. An instructional design model is the systematic process of creating and organizing the instructional experiences for specific learning outcomes. An instructional design model will have roots in a guided learning theory, which provides a foundation for HOW the learner will engage with theContinue reading “Empathic Instructional Design”

LTEC 5510 Initial Peer Review Reflection

I blame it on COVID-brain, but I found myself really struggling to lock down a course topic for this project. I ran through several ideas that I have a personal interest in, but none of them felt like the right topic for this instructional module. I thought back through all of my classes that I’veContinue reading “LTEC 5510 Initial Peer Review Reflection”

Week 1 Reflections

I found the reading this week to be quite interesting and diverse, and it promoted excitement within me, about incorporating these principles and frameworks into my future designs. In the article from class, titled “Problem Based Learning: An instructional model and its constructivist framework” the author details the framework of problem based learning environments. ThisContinue reading “Week 1 Reflections”

How important is evaluation to the instructional design process and why?

While each step of the ADDIE framework is critical to the process of delivering an instructional design module, the evaluation process provides continuous feedback and helps determine the merit and effectiveness of the entire design. ISD models, such as ADDIE, are often thought of as a linear process, but the evaluation process is actually quiteContinue reading “How important is evaluation to the instructional design process and why?”

Discussion Topic: Seamless online/blended/MOOCs/ learning

submit a forum post with ideas on how these technologies can be used for educational purposes. Flickr: As a former Photography student myself, I see educational value in using a photo sharing platform, such as Flickr, to help students,and emerging artists, with organization and publication of their work. This platform provides a space for studentsContinue reading “Discussion Topic: Seamless online/blended/MOOCs/ learning”