Educational Technology | Instructional Design | Learning Theory
Canva is an online graphic design platform which makes it easy for anyone to create designs that look professional. Users can choose from professionally designed layouts or create their own designs. It’s drag and drop interface is intuitive so anyone can create posters, infographics, social media graphics, brochures, flyers and business cards. The designs can be downloaded as graphic files (JPG or PNG) or as print or web optimized PDF files. Continue reading
Hyperlinking, a critical feature of the internet, is frequently used in online educational content. Typically, the hyperlinks can be identified by text that is in a different colour or underlined.
Online learning content often utilizes hyperlinking to make connections to other online information and website outside the course content. From a student perspective it can be confusing to distinguish which hyperlinks are critical to review as part of the course and which ones are included as optional course links. Course designers can use a number of approaches to minimize or eliminate that confusion. Continue reading