Thursday, October 23, 2003

EduTools: Information on tools, systems and policies for e-Learning.

This is a great site, pointed out to me by Scott Leslie. The site offers three basic choices:

Course Management Systems
This site provides the most complete independently-reviewed analyses anywhere of selected course management software, including product comparisons, reviews, and automated decision-making tools.

Student Services
This site is a resource for colleges and universities seeking information about technology solutions to support online student services. Learn more about products, compare products and make decisions.

e-Learning Policies
This site focuses on the unique policy issues that are created by the e-delivery of higher education courses and programs. Learn more about policy areas, search for policies and compare policies.

About EduTools

WCET, the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications, and C2T2, the Centre for Curriculum, Transfer & Technology, have announced the launch of EduTools, an open resource for the worldwide higher education community.

EduTools is one of three projects funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

This site, originally developed by British Columbia's Centre for Curriculum, Transfer & Technology and Bruce Landon, provides the most complete independently-reviewed analyses of selected course management software tools. WCET has partnered with C2T2 as well as the creator of the Web site, Bruce Landon, a psychology faculty member at Douglas College in British Columbia.

If you are familiar with the predecessor site, Landonline, this project redesigned and expanded that site.


11:23:40 PM    

Support for dyslexics.

eLearning that confuses dyslexics is not going to be effective. Consider use of specialized typefaces to support accessibility by dyslexic learners.

Read Regular. "There has been growing innovation to combat dyslexia, especially for children, in the form of computer software. However, relatively little design research has been done in the area of typography and type design that might support dyslexics. Read Regular is a typeface designed specifically to help people with dyslexia read and write more effectively. Read Regular aims at preventing a neglect of dyslexia, creating a more confident feeling regarding the problems that occur with dyslexia." [xBlog: The visual thinking weblog | XPLANE]


12:04:44 PM    

Visual simplicity can harm usability.

Balancing visual and structural complexity in interaction design. "How visual simplicity can harm usability: Usability is based on principles such as 'Less is more' and 'Keep it simple, stupid.' But there is more to simplicity than meets the eye. By reducing visual complexity at the cost of structural simplicity, you will give your users a hard time understanding and navigating the content of a web site." [xBlog: The visual thinking weblog | XPLANE]


11:59:56 AM    

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