THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT: Instructional Design
from GDRC's Programme on Information Design.
Instructional Design is the process of analysis
of learning needs and goals and the development
of a delivery system to meet those needs.
Instructional design is a formal proces that has
its roots in behaviourism. "Educational" design
is a term that is also sometimes used frequently
and interchageably, and takes into account some
of the diverse and new theories in instructional
design.
An information designer will be involved in the
evaluation, synthesis, analysis, application,
comprehension of information and knowledge.
GDRC has been working on these and related issues .
Resources on this topic are available at:
http://www.gdrc.org/info-design/instruct/instruct.html
As with all sections of GDRC, contributions, comments
and suggestions are always welcome from users and
subscribers! Please contact GDRC's Coordinator at -
mosaic@gdrc.org
FOCUS ON GDRC: LEARNING LESSONS
Meta Information [Information on Information]
Meta-information is information about information,
i.e. who has produced it, when, what format is the
information in, and so on.
In the web language, meta-information is presented
in the form of HTML tags that provide information
on the document itself, such as author,
descripotion, keywords, date created etc.
This concept is something we can use in the wider
world of information design too! Information
overload is a reality that we face on a daily basis,
requiuring us to reskill ourselves with new ideas
and skills that will help us be more efficient
and effective.
And one skill that can be adopted from this very
phenomenon is to develop a meta-information system
for our daily lives so that we can access, process
and use information efficiently!
MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR GDRC'S WEBSITE
Total hits encountered - 1,326,286
Total files downloaded - 1,030,499
Total pages viewed - 498,397
Total web visitors - 161,647
Total KBytes - 11,114,980
Pages per day - Avg. 16,077. Max - 20,740
Visits per day - Avg. 5,214 Max. - 6,872
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