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Brazilians aren't the only ones who lack objectivity. I think subjectivity is very widespread :-) And sometimes a good thing like in the arts, but not in CVs and résumés.
I once saw another study on the impact of different typographies in academic papers that affected student grades but forget which font was the one that got higher grades.
Where are you at in the course? How many challenges have you already completed?
I have my 1st draft course outline (in word) and am working on my storyboard right now. Have also done some of the digital image challenges and plan to work on the diagram challenge later today to include in my outline. I like the storyboard presented in Conole's paper in the Orientation materials and the clear look of your Padlet. Also reading about Personas on [1] from Conole's work, because I think that's crucial to intercultural learning.
A thought on your comments on Brazilian communication style – in intercultural learning, diverse cultural communication styles / thought patterns would have big effect on teamwork I think, so am trying to take that into consideration in learning resources & activities.
Yes, great point, the ID always needs to know who his or her personas are! Thanks for the Conole reference. :) I found the Padlet software very easy to use and effective for storyboards. The downside to Padlet or maybe Wikieducator is that I didn't manage to insert the storyboard image or the link to it on Wikieducator. On WordPress everything is much easier..
I love Canadians! I have been studying and exchanging knowledge, experiences, and ideas with you folks for some time now. Such good people and very respectful of intercultural differences.
Thank you for the lovely compliment about Canadians. For my part, I love South American literature especially Marquez and Coelho.
I found a downloadable version of Conole's 7Cs of Learning Design at this link: [1] Also, the Larnarca Declaration linked in our Orientation materials is well worth reading.
I decided to use Linoit for my storyboard because Gabi Witthaus made it look easy to use and I think it can be made to look clear if sticky notes aren't too long.
Excellent choice and much more academic! I am under time constraints here and what really interests me is the digital skills portion of the course. That's why I decided to use a course I had already authored. If you do instructional design for online courses, check out the Smith & Ragan book: Instructional design. We pretty much use the ADDIE model.
I'm feeling time pressure too so I'm starting to really appreciate the open design philosophy that it's better to have a working draft than an elaborate plan.
Here the ADDIE model is a foundational here too – or maybe I should say the "DDI" model, because assessment and evaluation steps are done in qualitative ways by academic departments and don't directly involve IDs. I checked out the 3rd edition Smith & Ragan on Amazon. $128 yikes! I couldn't find any references to online learning in the table of contents, intro or subject index. Do they address it?
I usually use open source references by educators with direct experience because online learning is evolving so quickly, and in a global context. Here's one good update on research, design and eval: Online Distance Ed: Towards a Research Agenda [1] (Free downloadable pdf version too).
