Kristina's Sandbox/My Project

edit   My Wiki Project This page is going to explore the 'good' design of online and offline educational resources. There are universal principles to good design for online courses but these good practices can also be applied to offline visual and written support resources as well.

edit   Introduction This project will explore guidelines for good design informed strongly by research and study into design principles. A tool will be developed that will consider visual design, instructional design and universal principles of design, as well as accessibility to assist in the development of learning resources. The project will then explore heuristic evaluation as a way of evaluating learning resources for effective design. Objectives Explore principles for good design practice Deliver a tool that will assist in developing well-designed resources Explore techniques for evaluating resource design edit   Design Visual Design This Wikipedia page explores some very valuable Design elements and principles.  This very valuable quote is shared on the page: William Lidwell famous admonition (forewarning) roughly stated in Universal Principles of Design: "The best designers sometimes disregard the principles of design. When they do so, however, there is usually some compensating merit attained at the cost of the violation. Unless you are certain of doing as well, it is best to abide by the principles."  Instructional Design This page on Wikipedia explores Instructional design and may instructional models.  It will also help inform the tool created to assist in developing well-designed learning resources.

edit   The Tool Draft General Pedagogy Explicit learning outcomes detailed. Learning intent and course/resource description. Aesthetics Appropriate use of white space Visually uncluttered Usability Starting point for activities is explicit to students. Navigation Pedagogy Navigation appropriately reflects the learning sequence of information and activities for the course. Aesthetics Navigational pathways are visible. Navigational icons and/or breadcrumbs are consistently positioned. Usability The visibility of the navigation is such that students do not need to search for correct pathways but it is intuitive and explicit. Accessibility There is more than one way to navigate the resource/course. Text Pedagogy Instructions are explicit and they clearly scaffold the learning step-by-step. Correct terminology is used to direct learning. Language appropriate to topic and tasks. Images and Icons Resources Communication Feedback edit   Heuristic Evaluation Kristina's Sandbox/My Project/Heuristic Evaluation edit   Accessibility Kristina's Sandbox/My Project/Accessibility