Graphical Elements: Illustration, Graphs, Charts, and Diagrams

When creating a course learning module to be delivered online, the right visual elements can make or break the page. A long page of nothing but text, no matter how well laid out, can seem overwhelming to the online learner. But how do you find just the right image to add to the topic? Should [...]

Media Elements Faculty Learning Community

This was the first week of our Media Elements faculty learning community (FLC). The Media Production staff  and I are co-facilitating the weekly sessions. I got the idea a few weeks ago after reading Clive Shepherd’s post on “Media Chemistry”. Our community will be exploring the use of digital media for teaching and learning. Much [...]

Media Elements

Day 79 – f o c u s, originally uploaded by margolove. Found this on Flickr in the Creative Commons search. I think it fits well with my upcoming post on the use of media elements – this one, using text and photography. Thanks to the artist Margo Connor for sharing.

Digital Media Literacy

After reading Clive Shepherd‘s post on Media Elements I decided to host a Faculty Learning Community this summer on the topic of Digital Media Literacy.  For a couple of hours each Tuesday our FLC will explore various digital media elements: typography, illustration, photography, animation, audio and video, and consider when, where, and how they might [...]

Interaction Matrix Core

Interaction Matrix Core, originally uploaded by jrhode. Referring to Jason Rhodes graphic illustration again this week, but taking a closer look at the collective & network components to online interactions. e-Learning Interaction Matrix: Essential Elements of a Socially Constructed Learning Environment, IDOL Resources, 18 November, 2007

Emerging Technology

Draagbare radio / Radio hat, originally uploaded by Nationaal Archief. Okay so this ended up going a different way. The Draagbare radio / Radio hat, found in “The Commons” on Flicker, was perhaps the earliest attempt at a portable radio. One more example of a technology that should probably not be used while driving.

Blended Learning and the Space/Time Continuum

  small_space_chart, originally uploaded by bill.knapp. Meegan Lillis and I presented on this topic at the Campus Technology 09 conference this past summer in Boston. The idea was to visually represent the concept of using instructional technology (in this case web 2.0) to bridge time and space. The space continuum along the left side of [...]