Scott Garrigan's List: instructional_design

dec 2014 - UX design concepts and process

dec 2014 - design process is moving from independent design firms into mainstream corporate and education. Design is no longer an "extra" or "add on."

dec 2014 - video might be of interest, focusing on UX

june 2014 - Google's Material Design system uses layout, color, and consistency to give better feedback and to lower cognitive load on user.

june 2014 - actually just funny design where aesthetics undermines utility. Work and images of Katerina Kamprani. VISUAL IMPACT

dec 2013 - duct tape wallet example from Stanford design school and IDEO

june 2013 - 4-minute video using LEGOs clearly explains sustainability issues related to population growth and climate change -- especially regarding the 2 billion people in most severe poverty

feb 2013 - 4SPPIces and LdShake offer contemporary instructional design models and tools: Computer Supported Collaborative Blended Learning (CSCBL)

feb 2013 - LdShake is a system that uses XUL instead of HTML5 in a system to create interactive Web pages. The system is instructional design focused and based out of Barcelona

may 2012 - 2011 post by medical instructional designer on motivation in educational game design. Starts with Malone and Lepper and ends with Habgood: Habgood (2005), quoted below, proposed that well-designed learning games:
1. Deliver learning materials through the parts of the game that are the most fun to play, riding on the back of the flow experience produced by the game and not interrupting or diminishing its impact;
2. Embody the learning material within the structure of the gaming world and the player’s interactions with it, providing an external representation of the learning content through the game’s core mechanics.
Habgood, M. P. J., Ainsworth, S., & Benford, S. (2005). Endogenous fantasy and learning in digital games. Simulation and Gaming, 36(4), 483-498.

George Siemens' Institutie: TEKRI for Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at Athabasca University. "naturalistic approach to studying the impact of interventions in teaching and learning.