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G D R C    M o s a i c
www.gdrc.org

May 2006
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Welcome to another edition of GDRC's Mosaic!
This month, GDRC Mosaic is being set to more 
than 1200 subscribers in 120 countries worldwide.
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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
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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!

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