Site Map and Overview
Chapter
1 - Teaching Strategies Chapter
2 - How to Do Some of This
Chapter 3 - Moving Pictures |
Site Map 
Site Map and Overview
Chapter
1 - Teaching Strategies Chapter
2 - How to Do Some of This
Chapter 3 - Moving Pictures |
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Using Images in E-learning |
Teaching Strategies Close This chapter describes the "Why" of using images. It covers the use of images to present information, promote understanding motivate students, change attitudes and develop skills. It goes on to look at how the learning dialogue can be promoted by providing the means for exploration, challenge, response, and assessment. Finally, it examines more specific
strategies such as search and research, simulation and image management. |
How to Do Some of This Close This chapter covers different ways of placing images on a Web page and some of the ways of allowing students to magnify images. It goes on to describe how to add value to images for educational purposes looking at enhancing, highlighting, and labelling. The choice of appropriate image file types is discussed, with links to more detailed material. Downloadable worksheets, template
and example files are provided for further learning. |
Moving Pictures Close This chapter covers the use of animation and video. It introduces some of the enabling technologies for network based video. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the use of these media and provides some criteria which can be used to make informed choices. Illustrations are given, together
with links to further illustrative materials. |
| Using Images in E-learning Overview Close | |
| Synopsis This overview provides an introduction to the resource, explaining the needs and rationale behind its creation and giving an overview of its purpose, structure and content. This is followed by a page which expands on the aims and objectives of the resource and describes the target audience. A page on "How to Use This Resource" explains the navigational tools and suggests several different learning approaches. A Help page provides links to the Introduction, navigational help, educational approaches and target audience. It also covers issues such as appropriate browsers, screen resolution and colour depths, plug-ins, accessibility and a brief Author CV. A page of Reflections provides some personal conclusions and advice based on the experience of the author and his colleagues. The Exercises page provides downloadable worksheets,
working files and example files for further learning. |
