Learning with Vince =)

In concluding to the course
Special thanks to the baol students and Mark Lee our lecturer for another exciting e-learning subject. Hope you enjoy my blog and best wishes to all readers.
Note: if your reading this Mark want a HD…please

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The following is a brief overview of the 4 basic principles of design :
C R A P
Reference: Williams, R. 1994, The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Peachpit Press, USA
Contrast
Contrast can be the most important visual aspect of a page. The principle is to avoid elements on the page that are merely similar – if they are not [...]

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Understanding Colour
Review the Colour Matters site and determine why some colours appear to hurt the eye!
From the same site – Color Matters – explore how computers generate colours and what this can mean to your multimedia images:
The Psychology of Colour
Some colours make us happy and others, sad. Colours have the ability to provoke [...]

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Exploring Visual Design
“At the beginning of a project, the screen is a blank canvas, ready for you, the multimedia designer, to express your craft. The screen will change again and again during the course of your project as you experiment, as you stretch and reshape elements, draw new objects and throw out old ones, and [...]

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A multimedia instructional message is a communication using words and pictures that is intended to promote learning.
For example, a multimedia instructional message in a book could include printed text and illustrations, whereas a multimedia instructional message on a computer could include narration and animation.
Examples of multimedia instructional messages include words and pictures intended to explain [...]

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“Multimedia is an eerie wail as two cat’s eyes appear on a dark screen.
It’s a small window of video laid onto a map of India, showing an old man recalling his dusty journey to meet a rajah there…”
Tay Vaughan, 1998, Multimedia: Making it Work

Multimedia is understood to mean a product that is digitally [...]

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It’s that time again where i dont know what the assignment is about…Special thanks for the baoler students and our lecturer for guiding me through what to do and how it relates to e-learning.
For a simpler view of how the assignment works…heres a easier way to look at it:
1. Context of e-learning course (150-200 words)
Background [...]

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NOTES:
Overall test required students to analysis 3 websites visual and audio aspects to demonstrate how they may influences learning delivery and suitability to various learners.
Things to consider are using elements and ideas to cater to a range of learners and to simplify information with a coherent delivery that does not distract the initial content.

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Part II: Visual Design Evaluation
Due: Exercise will be conducted in class
Weighting: 10%
Task:
Evaluation of visual design components from 3 existing e-Learning courses. Explanation of how the screen design effectively addresses the principles of visual design.
Activities included in this Section
3.1 What is multimedia?
3.2 Principles of multimedia
3.3 Visual Design
3.4 Colour
3.5 CRAP

References used for [...]

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Things to consider whilst doing visual design evaluation:

Describe screen layout
Visual hierarchy: (Evaluate the use of contrast to draw attention to the key elements
Placement of graphics: (Evaluate in terms of multimedia principles, alignment and proximity principles
Styles of graphics: (Describe in terms of appropriate [...]

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