Date

679.02 Topics / Readings

Lab

Tasks Due

Introductions
Overview
EdTech, 679.02
User-Centered Design, Usability

Readings / Resources:

• Jacobsen, 21st Century College (Mindshare Learning);
• Michele's Blog -- girlprof
• Vicente, Preface & Ch 1 (About Dr. Kim Vicente)
• Nielsen, J. (2003) Usability 101: Introduction to Usability - http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030825.html

Google Earth

Web publishing (Wikis & Blogs)

User-Centered Design;
Information Design;
Visual Communication

Readings / Resources:

• Norman, Prologue, Ch 1 & Ch 2 (About Don Norman)
• Vicente, Ch 2 - Why is Technology Out of Control? (About Dr. Kim Vicente)

Web publishing

Concept mapping (knowledge modelling)

• Inspiration
• CMap
• MindNode
• Gliffy

Levels of Design; World Views

Guest Researcher:
Krista Francis-Poscente, "Learning to play with mathematics online"

Readings / Resources:

• Norman Ch 3 Visceral, Behavioral and Reflective
• Vicente, Ch 4 & 5 – the mind
• Miller (1956) The Magical Number Seven

Hard Fun and Games

Readings / Resources:

• Norman, Ch 4
• Vicente, Ch 3 – the body (Wii - Senior / Wee Wii)

• Book Review: Vella, M. (2008) How Great Design Makes People Love Your Company. Business Week, Sept 3. URL
• McNichol, T. (2004). Roads Gone Wild. Wired Magazine, 12(12). URL
• Kahne, Middaugh & Evans (2008) The Civic Potential of Video Games [URL]
• Wesch (2008). Anthropological Introduction to YouTube - URL (worth the 55 minutes)
• Rives - Is 4 AM the New Midnight? A TedTALK
• Perspiration Versus Inspiration - girlprof blog

Group Presentations - Info Design

Readings / Resources:

• RBWD&UG Ch 2—Optimizing the User Experience
• Guess, A. (2008, Oct) Understanding Students Who Were "Born Digital", Inside Higher Education [book review]

Interaction Design

Guest Researcher:
Maureen Washington, MA, What Instructional Designers Do

• Stiehl, R. THE MAPPING PRIMER (curriculum mapping)

Readings / Resources:

• Norman, Ch 5 – People, Places, Things
• Preece, Rogers, & Sharp. (2002). What is interaction design? In Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction.

Instructional & Media Design Teams

Guest Researcher:
Dr. Gail Kopp, "eCase Learning & Research: Instructional Design Model"

• Merriam, S. B. (1997 )Qualitative Research and Case Study Applications in Education. Revised and Expanded from I Case Study Research in Education. Jossey Bass Education Series.
• Stake, R. The Art Of Case Study Research.
• Robert K. Yin. Case Study Research. Design and Methods. Third Edition. Applied social research method series Volume 5. Sage Publications. California , 2002

Readings / Resources:

• Vicente, Ch 6 – the Team (Reading Response)

• FYI: Beyer & Holtzblatt (1998) Prototyping as a design tool. Contextual Design (distributed on Oct 14)
• FYI (no response required): Krathwohl, D. R. (2002). A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy: An Overview. Theory Into Practice, 41(4), 212-218.
• FYI: Regent's University ADDIE Overview [URL]
• IDEA: Dementia Care Training Center [URL]

Group Presentations - Interaction Design

• FYI: Cohen, M. (2008) Encyclopaedia Idiotica, Caut Bulletin Online

Neat Learning Application, FYI: The Money Belt: Your Gateway to Financial Educ [URL]

• CBC Radio, The Next Chapter: Episode 3, Margaret Atwood, Smart Cookies [Podcast]
• Book, The Smart Cookies Guide To Making More Dough [at Chapters.ca]

Presentation Design & Prototyping

Readings / Resources:

• Vicente, Ch 7 – Learning Organizations
• FYI: The Campus Computing Project [URL]
• FYI: Nielsen, J. (2008). Aspects of Design Quality [URL]
• FYI: Nielsen, J. (2000). Why You Only Need to Test With 5 Users. [URL]
• FYI: Google Live Election Map: President, USA [URL]

EdTechnology That Thinks and Moves; Political Design

Readings / Resources:

• Norman, Ch 6 & 7
• Vicente, Ch 8 & 9

• Google Flu Trends [URL]
• New meaning of computer virus [URL]
• Google Datameisters [URL]

Course project, user testing

Interesting docs

• Richardson, W. (2008). Footprints in the Digital Age - Ed Leadership, 66(3). [URL]
• VirtLab [URL]

The Way Forward; We are all designers

Guest Researchers:
Barb Brown and Nancy Stuewe, "Philosophy of Technology" [URL]

Readings / Resources:

• Norman, Epilogue
• Vicente, Ch 10

Group Presentations – Prototypes
Graduate students use this opportunity to evaluate and provide feedback on each other’s learning application prototypes.

Round Robin