Thank you..

It's quite a long time that I'm not update this blog..huhu..due to a lot lot lot of things to do. How can I manage it properly is always keep on my mind. But for sure, we finally finish 100 % of the web project and we have presented it yesterday. We're soooooooooooo glad about that. we got positive feedback from our classmates. Thanks guys..and not forget to dr. Zaida, with the good comments and encouragement...

Moreover, I think yesterday is the best class ever. We had a very enjoyable moment. We had eating session in the computer laboratory. No lecturer allowed us to do that before...of course when it come with KFC. While presenting, we also can have 'makan-makan'.hehe..Thank you very much dr. Hopefully, we can have this memorable class again...=)

Check out this cool video!!

Children's evaluation??

I just wanted to reflect on what I have learned in class. Dr. Zaida give us an article about “Evaluating the Usability of Educational Websites for Children”. The study examined the usability of educational websites for children. Children ages 7 - 11 performed seven search tasks. To further understand what aspects of educational websites influence performance and satisfaction, they evaluated childrens' success, navigational efficiency, and satisfaction with three educational websites which are Enchantedlearning.com, Factmonster.com and Infoplease.com's Homework Center.

Another thing that I don't know before, there is one scale to rate children satisfaction - "smiley-face" Likert scale. It looks interesting...


From the finding, one aspect that we usually didn't alert is children tended not to scroll down the page. In addition, the website for children has to consider:

• - page length is not too long
• - don't offer too many links, it's confusing
• - use simpler terminology
• - large font size and pictures
  

Overall, we can say that the website is good if the children can perform the entire task given. Due to task based question, the website must be similar and have the same content. "Time" is also very important as indicator of the website performance.

Source: Full Article

Instructional Design Model

Which one you prefer??

Instructional Design

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Tough Planning

A few days ago, I watched Geng: Upin dan Ipin movie with my friends (Betol..Betol..Betol)..haha.. I never thought it’s splendid, enjoyable and we are laughing till the end…I like!!!From the viewed that I heard and read, everybody agreed to give good comments and that’s the reason why I have to see the movie myself. I also recommend to you. I can bet you’ll never regret. Hence, this shows the development and new image of film industry in Malaysia…

Okey.. .that’s enough. Back to the topic - the web task. We have a discussion with dr. Zaida in the class because she want to know the progress in each group, where are we going right now…especially the paper work about the planning of our project. We have just started the engine. .hehe..One of the important parts is to choose an instructional design model. There are about 40 models and I only experienced using ADDIE model. It’s quite simple and easy to understand. However, for this task, me and my group members are looking for something new and suitable in web-based project. We have discuss for several times (day and night thou), but we still can’t decide which model that we want to use. Belum dapat 'petunjuk' lagi..It’s really tough…help!!!

Designing Web Template

Half lying on the bed, I kept thinking about the class on Wednesday...After presenting our all-night-work, slowly I started to get sore throat and badly headache due to hot weather lately. Luckily, the presentation is over and I’m getting better now. The task is, in a group, we have to develop a web template by integrating a learning approaches/theories. The funny is how come we forgot to change the background colour or even the font types. Then, we realize that our template is only black and white..haha..too much focusing on the strategy resulting: ‘the design is out!’ but as a student, we take the good comments to improve ourselves.

By the way, when you experienced yourself, you will find out that it is much different to apply the theory/approaches in the class and when you want to implement the theory/approaches in the webpage. In the class, we have the teacher to deliver the contents and tell the students what to do and then, the activities can be done. Unfortunately, in the webpage, the activities have to be well prepared, so that the student can interact and actively participate. Not just looking at the computer screen without doing anything (or sometimes staring into space). Moreover, in the template that we have to develop right now, we have to create a webpage whereas teacher (anyone) can use it to insert the activities based on the guide line we’ve made. See the differences??

From the several of instructional design, we have chosen Discovery Learning. This approach provides students with opportunities to develop hypotheses to answer questions and can contribute to the development of a lifelong love of learning. Students propose issues or problems, gather data and observations to develop hypotheses, confirm or refine their hypotheses, and explain or prove their problems.

From our readings, to integrate the discovery learning into this technology, we have found a few activities related such as

- simulations
- hypertext
- microworlds
- forums or Wiki


One interesting part that I like, the Discovery learning is based on this "Aha!" method. What is it??mm..discover yourself..hehe..=)

Web Project Management

A Web Team is responsible for the development and maintenance of a web site.

A Web Project Manager sees that this is accomplished in a well organized, timely, and appropriate fashion.

Does your Web Team have the required skills?
Possible skills needed:
- Design (HTML, graphics, interaction)
- Coding (HTML, scripting, programming)
- Content development (writing, editing)

What Makes a Great Web Site?
- Provide credible, original content.
- Provide valuable, timely information.
- Web sites should be updated regularly.
- For the information to be valuable it should be well-edited.
- Easy to download, particularly for those accessing the Internet with dial-up modems
- Be easy to read.
- Be well-organized.
- Dominate a subject area; become the site for that subject.
- Have a secure and automated server.
- Be worth visiting.
- Original content is important.