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Entries Tagged as 'usability guidelines'

A Virtual Learning Environment gets grounded

February 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Strange to tell, Microsoft has been at the forefront of producing popular, immersive learning environments for over 25 years. Sadly, it looks as though their involvement in this domain is about to end.
Is this goodbye, Microsoft Flight Simulator?
Microsoft has decided to close its ACES Studio, which developed the simulator series. The ACES Studio was [...]

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Tags: AICC · HCI · VLEs · constructivist learning environment · heuristics · microworlds · nielsen · principles of instruction · simulation · usability guidelines

My Top 25 blogs for 2008

December 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As discussed in yesterday’s post, here are my Top 25 blogs for 2008. Hopefully there’s enough detail, laid out in a usable fashion, to encourage you to try out a few of the links.

Blog Name

Author

Description

Brain Rules

John Medina

12 Principles for Surviving at Work, Home, and School

Centre for [...]

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Tags: UAT · instructional design · integrated develpment environment · my top 25 e-learning blogs · usability guidelines

Concerning EduBlogs’ Nominations, or How NOT to Win Friends…

December 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Earlier this week, I posted on the topic of the EduBlogs’ nominations for 2008. I indicated my surprise at the lack of the blogs that I would consider to be deserving nominees for the awards. Brandon Hall’s Gary Woodill took the time to comment on my post, and rightly highlighted that I had perhaps been [...]

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Tags: Brandon Hall Research · Edublogs Awards · UAT · instructional design · integrated develpment environment · usability guidelines

Online Presentation Tools as a Knowledge-Sharing Channel 3: heuristic principles in evaluation

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Over the last couple of days I’ve been looking at the presentation-sharing channels authorSTREAM and SlideShare and how these two services enable the delivery of content via the Web. Both services rely on common read/write Web design and interaction patterns; like many other social sharing services, users are able to add tags, rate, comment, and [...]

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Tags: assessment · authorstream · heuristics · nielsen · slideshare · usability guidelines

Online Presentation Tools as a Knowledge-Sharing Channel 3: heuristic principles in evaluation

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Over the last couple of days I’ve been looking at the presentation-sharing channels authorSTREAM and SlideShare and how these two services enable the delivery of content via the Web. Both services rely on common read/write Web design and interaction patterns; like many other social sharing services, users are able to add tags, rate, comment, and [...]

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Tags: assessment · authorstream · heuristics · nielsen · slideshare · usability guidelines