Communications Software
Some of the new applications I learned about during this presentation included:
- ODEO - Self publication and distribution of podcasts.
- Pachyderm - A free open source web based multimedia authoring tool.
- eLLG - An open source social networking platform (blog, podcast, community creation, aggregation).
- Moodle - Free open source content management system for online learning communities.
- viddler - Upload, modify and share video. Tag along the timeline for quick searching.
An interesting note is that most of these applications are open source.
How to Design Better Courses
Because technology has become smaller, pervasive and easier to use, the content consumers have now become content creators. Kids growing up in this technologically advanced and rapidly changing environment are used to multitasking and quick access to information. They tend to think holistically not linearly and use social settings and relationships as a means of learning and gaining knowledge.
When designing courses for this generation of learners it's important to remember how they access information. These kids are used to being able to quickly search online and find answers to questions. Any course should take into consideration how to make the content easily accessible in a non-linear manner (search, tags, multiple topic jump off points in one location or portal page, etc). Another thing to remember is the idea that "every click should meet user's expectations and lead them to a goal."
Nick Floro works for www.sealworks.net producing educational materials.
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Let's keep in mind of our audience when we design learning materials. Have you tried any of these software which you learned from this presentation?
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