jerry whaleyedu655 dr. kris jamsa nov 9, 2009 overview of navigation issues

Jerry Whal

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EDU655

Dr. Kris Jamsa Nov

9, 2009

Overview of Navigation

Issues

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•Do you want to navigate through a controlled path for e-learning?

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•Do you want to navigate through a more flexible path for e-learning?

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•Sparse navigation can be limited to no audio advances, limited control buttons and menu selections.

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•Rich navigation adds more menu controls, indexing, search tools, and research methods.

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Audio Advances

Control Buttons

Menu Selections Index Search

toolsTelepathic Retrieval

Sparse navigation Rich Navigation

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Best for keeping

things simple

Best for the novice

computer e-learner

Protects the learner

Keeps experiences

more predictable

There is Value to Sparse NavigationEnd

Best for just-in-time learner

Best for users of

applications such as

Google & their Web-

surfers

Empowers the learner

Keeps experiences

more flexible

There is the Now and More Rich NavigationEnd

TopicMechanisms

Menus

Hyperlinks

Auto-scanningBookmarks

Search Engines

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What search engines are you familiar with?

• Yahoo!• Google…

What devices use menus?• Mobile devices…• Application software…

Where have you used bookmarks?

• Internet…• Word Processing…

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Adding Mapping:• Index• Symbols• Information

Adding Technology:• Next & Previous

buttons• Pause & Replay

buttons

Enhancing Menus:• Table of Contents• Sidebar menus• On-demand menus• Multi-level menus• Expanding menus

Enhancing the e-learning experience…End

Menus can show level of completion indicators or groupings

Keep menus in an outline format

Be more descriptive and not in a question format

Stick with one style throughout learning environment

Hints

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Help menu

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• Use Tutorials

• Use Simulations

• Use Demo’s

Visual Menu

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• Better Recognition

• Multiple e-learning style applications

Maps

• Organization

• Hierarchy

• Workflow

• Geographic

• Timelines

• Schematic

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Hypertext links (make them clear and legible)

Bibliographies

Cross-Referencing

Figure Citations

Footnotes

IndexEntries

Thumb Tabs

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Jump Forwar

d or Jump Back

Auto-scanning… End

Recording and storing places you have been.

Returning to those useful places you have stored.

Moving through a document referencing bookmarks with hyperlinks.

Bookmarks can be linked to footnotes.

Ideal with table of contents and indexes.

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Yahoo!

• You can crawl into Alta Vista as you scoot through as quickly as possible.

• Just a little pun there.

Google

• I feel a little google-ish…• Awesome applications

associated with this one.

MSN

• Who hasn’t heard of Microsoft Networking.

• Live messaging is a common association.

Searching for something? End

One •Provide instructions

Two •Use appropriate vocabulary

Three •Include keywords in metadata

When developing a search engine… End

Sparse versus Rich Navigation

• Determine your type of e-learning environment.

Navigation Mechanisms

• Menus, Mapping, Searching, Hyperlinks, Bookmarking, and Auto-scanningBookmarking Implementation

• For use in document and on the Internet.

Searching Tools

• Yahoo!, Google, MSN, and many others.

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References

Horton, William. (2006). E-Learning by Design. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer

All photos in this template courtesy of Bill Staples

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