Tag Archives: information architecture

Hick’s Law and the role of prior knowledge in choice

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Doc

Rule-based reasoning plays an important role in interface design as it does in any science based discipline. One of the most commonly invoked rules related to navigation and menu selection is Hick’s Law. As it makes a case for simplicity, … Continue reading →

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Wayfinding and the Camino

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Doc

In my research and planning for walking the Camino de Santiago, I was comparing the various routes that lead through Spain to Santiago de Compostela. Aside from rainfall, temperature, and daylight hours, another factor for choosing a given route is … Continue reading →

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Social Networking Innovation in an Online E-Business Course

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Doc

Here is a Web-based version of my ICERI10 conference presentation on the topic: Social Networking Innovation in an Online E-Business Course http://www.programhouse.com/webpres/phiceri2010pres1.htm This Web-based PowerPoint presentation (optimized for the Internet Explorer browser) describes a curriculum innovation that provides an authentic … Continue reading →

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What Hubble 3D teaches us about model-based reasoning

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Doc

Greetings, Near the end of the relatively brief (45 min.) Hubble 3D Imax movie, I sat transfixed with my 3D glasses as I watched a fly-through sequence composed of Hubble images extending at greater resolution into the furthest visualized part … Continue reading →

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Google’s Last Wave (RIP)

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Doc

Google’s last Wave has struck the beach. It’s hard to untangle what may have contributed to it: the lack of reaching a critical mass of adopters, or not communicating with external email applications, or aspects of its interface that were … Continue reading →

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Authentic Learning Innovation in an Online Music Course

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Doc

Here is a Web-based version of my EDULEARN10 conference presentation on the topic: Authentic Learning Innovation in an Online Music Course http://www.programhouse.com/webpres/phedulearn10pres1.htm This Web-based PowerPoint presentation (optimized for the Internet Explorer browser) describes the rationale and strategy for an authentic … Continue reading →

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Intelligence Revisited – what recent research reveals

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Doc

As noted in my other blog entries, my research, writing, and consulting work over the past decade has focused on collective human characteristics called “individual differences” and what that means to people in the roles of customers, users, and learners. … Continue reading →

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A mental model of the customer, user, and learner experience

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Doc

Digging Beyond User Preferences (Mental Models) In my research, writing, and consulting work over the past decade, I have focused on a single concept (satisfaction) and what it means to people in the roles of customers, users, and learners. I … Continue reading →

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Teacher uses Skype to link class to homebound student

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Doc

As technology-using teachers, trainers, and other professionals, we can become so immersed in our “nuts and bolts” thinking about emerging digital technology that we often miss seeing the forest from the trees. A story worth re-telling here for seeing that … Continue reading →

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Prospecting and Preparation Strategies for Online Instructors

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Doc

Greetings, Here is a Web-based version of my conference presentation on the topic: Prospecting and Preparation Strategies for Online Instructors http://www.programhouse.com/webpres/phel06.htm This Web-based PowerPoint presentation (optimized for the Internet Explorer browser) describe techniques to assess opportunities for online teaching, identify … Continue reading →

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