Should results base themselves on static communication and delivery or through dynamic delivery. I think that both items are necessary for a successful distance education environment. Terry Anderson (2008) cites the following multimedia principles that are important to successful online delivery:
1. Multimedia - Students learn from words with graphics and pictures.
2. Spatial contiguity - Students learn better when words and pictures are closer together on a page or screen.
3. Temporal contiguity - Students learn better when words and pictures are simultaneous.
4. Coherence - Students learn better when unnecessary material is excluded.
5. Modality - Students learn better from animation and auditory response, not animation and text.
6. Redundancy - There is a limited capacity to process visual and auditory material that is presented simultaneously.
7. Individual Difference - Design affects are more effective for low-knowledge learners than for high-knowledge learners.
To go with this weeks blog, I have added a Concept Map for course members to review a static versus dynamic environment. The information is broken into three areas of concentration; collaboration, communication, and content.
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B7DtyQOG_TQ_NjhlZDQyNmUtZWQ1Ny00OGY0LTg3YjMtNWRlOTk4ZTM2Yjhh&hl=en
I agree with what most of Anderson has stated but what I have issue with is the fact that there is no mention of disability. I find less is more and think that students should be able to choose whether they want text and graphics on the same page or not.
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