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 [...]

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 [...]

I need Flash on my iPod Touch

Steve Jobs, President of Apple – makers of the top-selling iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad – has stated they will not use Flash with their hand-held technology. Flash has become the de facto standard for delivering online media including video, games, and animation. Hulu uses Flash, Scribd uses Flash, TeacherTube, Slideshare, StudyMate and many other [...]

Navy Pier at Dawn

Navy Pier, originally uploaded by Bill Knapp. Got up early on Tuesday to drive downtown and watch the sunrise. Being from the other side of the lake, I expected to see a spectacular display of light on the horizon and the tops of the buildings. I wasn’t thinking about the mist in the morning. So [...]

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 [...]