Sakai has had some fairly serious usability problems since its inception. The development community has been aware of these problems for some time; however, the efforts toward improving the situation have been sporadic and fragile to date. Today, I’m happy to point to some tangible signs that this is changing, and that we have a […]
Archive for the 'Usability and Human Factors' Category
Apparent Progress Toward a More Usable Sakai
Published by September 19th, 2007 in Open Source, Open Content, Open Access and Usability and Human Factors. 4 CommentsA New Article Out
Published by April 25th, 2007 in Usability and Human Factors and Educational Pattern Languages. 7 CommentsI’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t even had time to post notice that I have a new article published in ALT-N. I’ve been having conversations on and off with Rob Abel about ways to ensure that educational technology standards (and, of course, the educational technologies themselves) are more effectively informed by our developing […]
Visualizations of Online Social Archives, Part I
Published by February 24th, 2007 in Instructional Design and Usability and Human Factors. 0 CommentsIt’s not often that you find a graduate thesis that is actually fun to read, but that’s exactly what I found in Revealing individual and collective pasts: Visualization of online social archives by Fernanda Bertini Viegas, an alumna of MIT’s Media Lab. The bibliography alone is worth the trip; she does an amazing job of […]
Web Analytics, Gaming Technology, and the LMOS
Published by February 1st, 2007 in EPSS, PCD, and Workflow Learning, Build This, Please, Usability and Human Factors and LMOS. 1 CommentA while back, a blog conversation between Mark Oehlert and Lee Kraus regarding how to knit together lots of embedded, widget/gadget like learning applications into a coherent picture of what and how learners are doing. To begin with, the idea they’re toying with is very similar to the LMOS but focused on a corporate market […]
Bodington Review, Part II
Published by October 26th, 2006 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Usability and Human Factors, Notable Posts and LMOS. 0 CommentsIn my last post, I discussed Bodington’s unique access control system and how this affects teaching affordances. I started there deliberately and at the suggestion of my Bodington expert and guide, Oxford University’s Paul Trafford. Today, Stephen Downes comments sarcastically, “Yes, that’s what we all look for first when trying to decide whether an LMS […]
