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Presenting Digitised Materials for Learning

• 2 October 2001

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Agenda

• Who we are
• Aims and objectives
• Handouts
• Discussion
• Summary

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Who we are ?

• Carolyn Royston, Education Director
• ex-primary school teacher ICT coordinator
• worked in new media for 2 years
• specialising in creating learning resources for
  electronic medium
• Sophia Robertson, Arts Culture Director
• museum background (NMM VA)
• content/production manager of Search Station
• specialising in collection-based new media
  projects for last 3 years

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Aims and Objectives

• Overarching aim of the NOF digitisation
  programme is
• to produce a significant body of digital material
  to
• SUPPORT learning in its broadest sense

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Aims

• how to support learning using your digitised
  materials
• the different ways of interpreting your materials
• how to bring your resources to life
• identifying potential problems specific to
  learning

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Objectives

• a greater understanding of how to create online
  learning materials
• a range of ideas to consider or develop within
  your own projects

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Presenting Materials

• Variety of ways to ensure your digitised
  materials support
• learning by using the electronic medium to its
  best effect
• Examples include
• digitised material features
• routes into materials
• interactive features
• learning packages

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Features

• Features using your digitised materials include
• animations
• audio and film
• types of digitisation
• panoramas
• interpretations
• object handling/material discovery

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Routes

• Different routes into your digitised materials
• maps
• pictures
• environments
• virtual reality
• GIS
• Tools
• types of searches, glossary, timelines etc
• online books (access)
• assistance (if this was of interest)
• marketing (e-cards, NOF links)

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Interactives

• Interactive features
• games
• quizzes
• activities
• puzzles
• discussion forum
• Ask an Expert/QAs
• noticeboards/feedback/comments

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Packages

• Learning packages surrounding a topic or theme
  for formal and informal learning (using elements
  from previous ideas and/or existing printed
  resources)
• appropriate text and digitised materials for
  audience
• online activities
• downloadable resources
• learning guide or notes

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Guidelines for developing interactive learning
resources

• Abridged version of Guidelines developed for
  BECTa
• practical and simple pointers for developing
  educationally effective digital learning
  resources
• a framework and checklist for use throughout your
  project
• focus on what is an interactive educational
  resource?
• highlight distinction between printed and digital
  resources

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Guidelines for developing interactive learning
resources

• Some key points to consider
• Assessing Content
• Navigation, Icons, Text, Visuals
• Questions, Exploring
• Discussion, Participation
• Fun, Balance, Differentiation

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Considerations when creating online learning
resources

• specialist area
• involve education consultant/coordinator in
  project as early as possible
• partnership between content provider and
  developer
• test and evaluate content on target audience

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Simple Tips

• an online learning resource requires a clear and
  well-defined purpose whatever its size!
• engage the user with the CONTENT not the
  interface
• use other sites to view good/bad practice
• In addition to your technical standards, for
  effective
• learning, remember
• clear and consistent navigation
• visually interesting
• testing and built-in evaluation
• simplicity works best

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Discussion

• How will you turn your resources into an
  effective learning tool?
• How do you make your resource different from the
  rest?
• What are your concerns about creating materials
  supporting learning?