Why do we need to think about sustainability? When designing online learning environments, it is easy to get carried away when you are trying to make your site visually appealing and intuitive for students to use. While learner experience may be enhanced at one point in time, overly complex course sites […]
As mentioned from day one, this coffee course mainly focuses on the appearance and navigation of online learning environments which can be related to user interface design more than course design as a whole. We hope some concepts and practices from user interface and visual design may help you to […]
Good morning! We had some wonderful discussions on yesterday’s post. One observation we made from your comments is that there is a focus on the broader aspect of course and interaction design. What’s interesting is that visual design (i.e. web design, layout, use of colours) of course sites are often […]
Welcome! Online spaces for learning are increasingly a part of the student experience of their course. Most university courses have an associated site for their learning management system (LMS) – for ANU, this is Wattle (Moodle), but it could also involve websites, blogs, or social media online spaces. While a […]