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Artifacts ~ MIT 511: Multimedia Design and Development
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Product Learning about Honduras Web Site http://windev.cis.uncw.edu/mit/students/schauss/honduras/honduras_home.html
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Context & Conditions The Learning about Honduras Web Site and Learning Microsoft MailMerge web sites were designed and developed as a partial requirement for MIT 511 Multimedia Design and Development under the guidance of Dr. Arnold Murdock, during the fall semester of 2006. The course was an independent study of multimedia applications. The learning module was developed to understand and implement software functions of MX Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash 2004. Scope The MIT 511 project aimed to demonstrate communication, aesthetics and learning theories applicable to designing instructional products using multimedia and instructional communication. The purpose of the project was to design a self-instructional module using each of the software applications. The products were designed, developed and completed within one semester. The MIT 511 products show applications of contemporary theories of multimedia development from: Richard E. Mayer Multimedia Learning (2001),and Linda Lohr’s Creating Graphics for Learning and Performance (2003). Each classmate chose one other classmate to review and critique their finished module. Role § Instructional Designer § Instructional Developer As an instructional designer / developer I tired to keep the subject matter foremost in the project. I designed the self-instructional module for ease of moving from one screen to another capturing the principles of Mayer and Lohr. I applied the multi-media strategies to provide instructional communication for the learner. I critiqued another classmate’s web site and formally submitted the review as a learning tool. Reflection The MIT 511 project introduced multimedia in the form of three software packages unfamiliar to me. I found initial decisions as to which design I wanted to use confused the purpose of the project multimedia development. I spent too much time discovering the exciting capabilities of each link within the software, and should have focused more on the overall project content. In reflection, I would: first develop as detailed as possible an instructional storyboard web site before implementing any communication strategies; second I would rehearse specific instructions for navigation and storage from remote sites; third I would incorporate more videos and pictures for learner validity. I especially valued the critique between classmates of the modules. Determining output from another’s perspective detailed my shortcomings of multimedia development as well as my strengths.
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