eyePlorer

Here's a cool tool: eyePlorer. Does it count as multimedia?



Since I am obsessed with my iPhone, I invite you to visit the eyePlorer entry for iPhone.

How do you think this tool could be used to support learning? Would you embed it in a lesson? Or use it for individualized (personal) learning?

Dale's Cone of Experience

When I was a graduate student, I learned about Dale's Cone of Experience. I was presented with an image from a text by Dale. It was a black and white cone ranging from the abstract (verbal symbols at the top) to the concrete (direct purposeful experiences at the bottom).

In some ways, Dale was but a blip on the radar for me at the time. However, a few years later when I was teaching I wanted to pull up Dale to share with a class. Imagine my surprise when I found not the graphical cone I was used to but instead a ton of graphics suggesting how people remember varying amounts based on how it is presented. I couldn't track that back to Dale or empirical research of any sort and dismissed it [Here's a post by Will Thalheimer that pretty much summarizes what I encountered.], but I still liked the cone (in a quiet sort of way) for its ability to suggest the various ways in which we might experience something. Essentially, it provides a way to classify various instructional media. [Here's a PDF of an encyclopedia entry on this topic by Mike Molenda, one of my professors at Indiana University.]

So, what do you think? Is it of any use? How does it mesh for you (or not) with what we've read of Mayer so far?

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Edward Tufte & the iPhone

I mentioned Tufte on our discussion board, and his books are totally worth checking out.

Here's a video he posted on youtube about iPhone resolution, which touches on visual and information design issues.


It's an interesting exploration of the iPhone interface and how it negotiates sharing a limited space between interface elements and information/communication elements.

Cool Tool for the Day: Storybird

I am entranced by Storybird, a collaborative storytelling tool. Not only is it cool as presented, but it also holds promise for instructional use. What do you think? Check it out!

Welcome!

Jen and I will be using this blog to provide extras -- share links to online tools and articles, etc. -- and we encourage you to read and comment. We're using the blog to help keep these things separate from the regular course discussion which will be graded.

If you have any things you would like to see on the blog or want to guest blog or be added as a contributor, just let us know!