http://openedweb.com/blog Education and Technology Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:47:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/16/graphics-to-support-learning/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/16/graphics-to-support-learning/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:08:56 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1743 This is one of a number of posts exploring multimedia learning. I have been reading research on this topic with an eye toward improving my presentations and other multimedia instructional material. Here are earlier posts in order of creation: Text and graphics in Multimedia Presentations Multimedia Researcher Mayer on Slideware Graphics in Instructional Presentations In [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/16/graphics-to-support-learning/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/10/graphics-in-instructional-presentations/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/10/graphics-in-instructional-presentations/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:27:49 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1705 As I grapple with research trying to improve my instructional presentations, I have learned about Richard Mayer’s assertion that people learn better with words and graphics than just words alone. As a result, I have been investigating information about the role of graphics in learning. One natural extension of the reading that I have done [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/10/graphics-in-instructional-presentations/feed/ 1 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/07/19/critique-of-timeline-lesson/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/07/19/critique-of-timeline-lesson/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:41:04 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1656 The animated Chinese timeline shown my previous blog post was a demonstration of a workflow using proprietary software to make a stand alone animated timeline. While viewing the timeline several times, I started examining it through the prism of the research on multimedia learning that I have been reading–particularly that of Richard Mayer. One learning [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/07/19/critique-of-timeline-lesson/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/07/07/multimedia-researcher-mayer-on-slideware/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/07/07/multimedia-researcher-mayer-on-slideware/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:45:06 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1480 Richard Mayer is one of the leading researchers on the impact of multimedia on learning. However, in his two books, Multimedia Learning and e-Learning (coauthored by Ruth Colvin Clark), slideware is not often mentioned. Multimedia Learning he simply mentions PowerPoint presentations as an example of multimedia. Since I have ben exploring his research as a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/07/07/multimedia-researcher-mayer-on-slideware/feed/ 1 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/30/text-and-graphics-in-multimedia-presentations/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/30/text-and-graphics-in-multimedia-presentations/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:31:51 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1463 My presentation design has been greatly influenced by Nancy Duarte’s book slide:ology and Garr Reynolds, the author of Presentation Zen. I have integrated their ideas in both my conferences and instructional presentations. Their advice has dramatically changed my practice from bullet points to slides that are more graphically oriented with much less text. Both Duarte’ [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/30/text-and-graphics-in-multimedia-presentations/feed/ 4 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/13/sharing-isnt-simple-ii/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/13/sharing-isnt-simple-ii/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:03:57 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/06/sharing-isnt-simple-ii/ Copyright issues are not the only obstacles to sharing content with others. Some of the obstacles are my choice of software and platform. Although I am an advocate of open source software, my focus in this area has been server based applications. When it comes to desktop computing, I run a Mac. I like the [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/13/sharing-isnt-simple-ii/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/06/sharing-isnt-simple-i/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/06/sharing-isnt-simple-i/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:08:54 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/05/22/sharing-isnt-simple-i/ I have made hundreds of instructional presentations over the past three years. As reflected in my last blog post, recently my focus has been on math. Now my goal is to share these presentations with other educators. The first consideration is straightforward. I plan on using a Creative Commons license. As I’ve discussed in an [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/06/sharing-isnt-simple-i/feed/ 3 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/05/22/digitizing-math-instruction/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/05/22/digitizing-math-instruction/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 15:25:20 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/05/22/digitizing-and-sharing-math-instruction/ A few months ago, I decided to deliver math lessons to my fifth grade digitally. It was the last subject area that I brought into this form. I was reluctant because typesetting needed for math was confusing and frustrating. Beyond that, I was quite pleased with how I conducted math lessons, and my results have [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/05/22/digitizing-math-instruction/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/11/26/nyscate-open-knowledge-presentation/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/11/26/nyscate-open-knowledge-presentation/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:30:22 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1388 Slides from my presentation. This is a large QuickTime file, so it will take a minute to load. Open Knowledge Audio: Recording of presentation Links: Creative Commons Site Lessig: The Network We Need Highly A must view presentation Flickr Commons (from archives) Flickr Creative Commons MediaWiki Commons Gutenberg Project Library of Congress Digital Collection Community [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/11/26/nyscate-open-knowledge-presentation/feed/ 2