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Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Ravi Krishnan  L

Designing the eLearning InterfaceEmerging Opportunities and Challenges  

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Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

E-Learning: Can interface prod the change?  

Living in Digital WorldChallenges for Designers & Engineers  

The Big Question

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Where is e-Learning? Adoption drivers

Yesterday: Logistics, Cost

access-reach, instructors & instructors time, just-in-time, standardized training, self-pace, when I need

Today: Viable alternative, blended solutions, technology reach

Managed performance, large scale workforce development & preparation, online degrees/ certification, Inclusive of diverse audience

Tomorrow: Extended mode

Convergence of media, Web 2.0 – new culture of learning by contributing, seamless integration with lifelong learning, Youtube, ipod, mobile

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Major influences on e-Learning

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Technology | Software

Education | Classroom

Material | Book

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Technology > Software?

Application: Features, menus, icons, software GUI

Player: Control media, material

Influence?Technology as a container!

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Education > Classroom?

Instructor: Organized, Scheduled, Structured, Interface to Learning, administered

Student: Absorption, Clarification, Participation,Social

Influence?Instructorless classroom, methods to make up forCharacter, Anchor etc

Live interface!

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Material > Book?

Text: Organized, Structured, for reference, Expert telling

Media: Support, enhance value

Influence?Book metaphor, electronic material

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Technology | Software

Education | Classroom

Material | Book

Influence?Content – Interface Divide

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Technology | Software

Education | Classroom

Material | Book

Influence?Content – Interface Divide

INTERFACECONTENT

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

INTERFACECONTENT

Critical issue for Interface Design

How to deal with this divide?

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

INTERFACECONTENT

Critical issue for Interface Design

How to deal with this divide?

Look around?

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Television – News Channels – Discovering itself

Journalism – Reporting, Published material

Attention – Column space, Time slot

Devices – Spatial hierarchy, continuity

Technology – Reading , Tele-prompter

Journalism - Print to Television

Case 1Content – Interface divide | Look around

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Television – News Channels – Discovering itselfJournalism – Print, Radio to Television

Content – Interface divide | Look around

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Television – News Channels – Discovering itselfJournalism – Print, Radio to Television

Content – Interface divide | Look around

Studio TV set

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Television – News Channels – Discovering itselfJournalism – Print, Radio to Television

Content – Interface divide | Look around

Studio TV set

Tele-prompter “Talk to me!”

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Television – News Channels – Discovering itselfJournalism – Print, Radio to Television

Content – Interface divide | Look around

Studio TV set

“People Talking”

Background change in the studio

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

“PEOPLE TALKING”Various formats of

Television – News Channels – Discovering itselfJournalism - Print to Television

Ambience for a discussion

Timely responses and perspectives, multi-site

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

“PEOPLE TALKING”Various formats of

Television – News Channels – Discovering itselfJournalism - Print to Television shift

Be part of the audience

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

“PEOPLE TALKING”Various formats of

Television – News Channels – Discovering itselfJournalism - Print to Television

Staged performance

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

“PEOPLE TALKING”Various formats of

Television – News Channels – Discovering itselfJournalism - Print to Television

Close confrontation

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

INTERFACECONTENT

Critical issue for Interface Design

How to deal with this divide?

Television- People as interface

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

INTERFACECONTENT

Critical issue for Interface Design

How to deal with this divide?

Can we break?

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Technology

Education

Material

Scale of reach

Create, foster the new literacy

Enrich experience, retention, impact….lifelong connect

credibility

Role of Interface – Bind diverse paradigmsRelook, expand, merge the outlook

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Technology

Education

Material

Scale of reach

Create, foster the new literacy

Enrich experience, retention, impact….lifelong connect

credibility

Role of Interface – Bind diverse paradigmsRelook, expand, merge the outlook

NEED: Interface to Learning

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Role of Interface – Bind diverse paradigmsRelook, expand, merge the outlook

NEED: Interface to Learning

DegreeJob Skill

Attitude

New Skill

New Skill

Behaviour

Technique

Mandatory

Self Growth

Certify

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Aware

CAREER SCHOOL

Baseline Introduce Learn Practice Explore Relate ImproveExperience Buy-in Connect ShareCertify

Self TestLearningModules

iBlog

Workbook

COMMUNITY

INDUSTRYLearningNugget

IndustryWindow

WorkplaceScenario

NewsBulletin

InductionSession

LearningCompass

LearningPath

GroupWork

Workshop

BriefCase

SkillSwift

Certificate

CareerLab

Test

Exam

KnowWhere

CareerCounsel

Opportunties – Shift from product to pockets of experiences

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Aware

CAREER SCHOOL

Baseline Introduce Learn Practice Explore Relate ImproveExperience Buy-in Connect ShareCertify

Self TestLearningModules

iBlog

Workbook

COMMUNITY

INDUSTRYLearningNugget

IndustryWindow

WorkplaceScenario

NewsBulletin

InductionSession

LearningCompass

LearningPath

GroupWork

Workshop

BriefCase

SkillSwift

Certificate

CareerLab

Test

Exam

KnowWhere

CareerCounsel

Opportunties – Shift from product to pockets of experiences

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Can interface prod the next big change?YES.  

‘interface’ to e-Learning

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Can interface prod the next big change?YES.  

‘interface’ to e-Learning

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Can interface prod the next big change?YES.  

‘interface’ to Learning

e as enabler

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Questions?

Designing the eLearning Interface Emerging Opportunities and Challenges  

Ravi Krishnan  L

www.trina.bizwww.adayana.com

Thank You!

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