Category Archives: 1.1 Creating

Candidates demonstrate the ability to create instructional materials and learning environments using a variety of systems approaches.

Whitespace Project

For this week’s assignment, we were asked to focus on the whitespace of our project.  Whitespace refers to the blank areas of the page.  It can be used to create symmetrical or asymmetrical design.  It can also be used to … Continue reading

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Organization

This week’s assignment focused on the concept of organization.  Organization affects readability and understanding of an image.  It also helps the user determine which elements of the image are more important. Here is my example: Users The users are high … Continue reading

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Color and Depth

This week’s assignment centered around color and depth.  Color needs to be used carefully.  It can improve readability and help users focus on important items. It can also distract readers and may cause confusion.  Depth incorporates scale factor, dimension (shadows), … Continue reading

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Selection Project

For this week’s project we were asked to consider selection and figure-ground while we were designing.  The simplest way for me to describe selection and figure-ground is what your eye is attracted to.  Figure is what you focus on and … Continue reading

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RSS in Education

You can copy and paste directly to your post page, embed an Evernote or Google Doc or any number of ways to display your artifact. Include a reflection for each artifact, along with assigning the proper AECT Standard. As you … Continue reading

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