1. Lene Whitley-Putz
Training & Development Coordinator
Anna Stirling
Project Director

2. Is Education boring? What are the risks of edutainment?
What are the dangers of cognitive load?
Lene

3. What is Edutainment?
Educational entertainment (also referred to by the portmanteau neologism edutainment) is content designed to educate through entertainment. It includes content that is primarily educational but has incidental entertainment value, and content that is mostly entertaining but contains educational value.
Source: Wikipedia
Lene

4. Disney
Teaching biology
Teaching nationalism
Teaching hygiene
Lene

5. Cognitive load
The idea that our short-term memory can only process so much “new” information at any given time
For effective learning we need to reduce cognitive load
Anna

6. There is a tension between helping students learn without raising their cognitive load.
Anna

7. Well designed websites
What do they all have in common?
Simple, iconic graphics
Graphics that aid navigation
A palette limited to a few well-chosen colors
Lene

8. “Design is not just what it looks like, design is how it works.”
Anna
Steve Jobs

9. Using Graphics to help, not harm
Choose your color scheme wisely
Use graphics to help students navigate
Use the same graphics throughout the course
Design with accessibility in mind
Anna

10. Design Tool: Color tools
Adobe Color CC
Color Hex Color Codes
Web Aim Color Contrast Checker
Colorzilla (eyedropper app)
Canva Color Palette Generator
Anna will lead this part—stop screen share and stop ppt

11. Images for Navigation Banners Course cards Call-outs Icons
Hints and Reminders
Lene

12. Design Tool: Canva Free (with a catch) Easy to use Lots of templates
Lene

13. Canva: Page Banner Made with the leaderboard template
728 pixels X 90 pixels
Cost = $0
Lene

14. Canva: Course Card Facebook App template 810 pixels X 450 pixels
Keep it simple
Lene

15. Canva: Call Out Choose a size that fits your text and images
Be sure to check color contrast for all text
Anna

16. Canva: Call Out Leaderboard Template 728 pixels X 90 pixels Cost = $0
Anna

17. Canva: Hints/Reminders
For easy resizing, use a square
Social Media template
800 pixels X 800 pixels
Anna

18. Design Tool: Piktochart
More complex graphics
Downloadable pdf with pro account
Many templates to choose from
Great for creating infographics
Anna

19. The Core Rules of Netiquette
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20. 7 Tips for Signal Phrases
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