jerry whaleyedu655 dr. kris jamsa nov 9, 2009 overview of navigation issues
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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
s
• Use Tutorials
• Use Simulations
• Use Demo’s
Visual Menu
s
• 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.
• 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.
Summary End
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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