Week 5: INTERACTION DESIGN

This week we've been taught about organization, navigation and interactivity in designing the courseware.  Later, about 45 minutes is the group presentation on the courseware documentation. Dr.Jamal was quite impressive with the effort some of the group. Some of the group did present a complete proposal which possible to be sell to a company.hehe..:). Well, for my group, need to be revised back as some of the activity did not align with the language theories.

General comment for all group from Dr.Jamal :
*Learning activities must be aligned with the learning theories..:)

Homework given to us???

1) What is the effective navigation in courseware design?

2) How i can create an effective navigation system for my courseware?

3) Discuss about this statement (orientation):
    In order to navigate effectively, users need to know where they are in the context of the overall courseware    structure. One way to help users orient themselves is by reinforcing placement or position.

4) How you can help user orient themselves in your courseware?

Week 4: INFORMATION DESIGN

This week we in the group were discussing about our design proposal where we need to produce a courseware documentation. This is actually the critical phase in which we need to integrate the idea of the  pedagogy into the technology. The flow of the activity designed need to be compliment with the learning theories as it ensure the effectiveness of the learning toward the target users.

Sapphire's member: Kak Zune, Kak Nisa, Aminah, Syazwani(me)

Sapphire's Proposal :

Target user: Form 2
Theme: English Literature ( Drama: Rumplestiltskin)- Language

Week 3: MULTIMEDIA PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Criteria of a couseware:

• well-structured
• easy to navigate
• quick dowload/display time
• simplicity, clear & not too many choices
• consistency, builds trust with the user
• engagement, invites the user to participate

( Flowchart - Storyboard - Prototype)

Information Design

Learning Theories versus Teaching Strategy

- The courseware should reflects active learning in which the user/student do not depend on the instructor/teacher to guide/handle the courseware.

Active Learning - combination of several learning theories in which not restricted to only one theory to be    implement in the activities.

Week 2: MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

When given the choices on which area of the courseware,i prefer in language field as i'm from language background. Luckily, my group member do has same interest as me although one of them come from math expertise. however, they all flexible in any area..lucky for us as a group can cooperate together.:)

The Process/Procedure:

• Analysis
• Design
• Develop
• Application/ Testing
• Evaluation

Things to be considered

1) Target audience (edu background, proficiency level, age, pre-knowledge)
2) Content (main points, sub-topic,activities)
3) Existing materials
4) Learning theories

Strategy

1) Games
2) Edutainment
3) Tutorials

* Fonts used for the courseware : San Serif

Steps in Constructing a Multimedia Courseware

• Analyzing learners' background
• Collecting the content
• Validating the content- check for spelling,grammar errors
• Designing the courseware theme
• Designing courseware typography
• Designing the learning/ presentation strategy
• Designing the interface & navigation
• Developing graphic and animation files
• Developing audio and video files
• Courseware development process
• Developing an interactive screen (login, report card, problem solving activities etc.)
• Testing the courseware
• Evaluating the courseware
• Packaging the courseware
• Maintaining the courseware

Week 1: ICE BREAKING....

Ice breaking on the course outline..one by one explained by Dr.Jamal,started from week 1 till week 15..good warm-up to start the class.:)..then, get to know Dr.Jamal who was hilarious person.after a short while he show his true color of being person who like to make a joke. Feel really enjoy being in this class..

Authorware versus Flash

Cd-Rom development is no longer using Authorware as the software to develop the courseware. It's being replaced by flash adobe. Yes, flash is more interactive as compared to authorware. But for me, i think the designing of the courseware is easier using authorware.