In this occasion I would like to talk about designing web for teaching. Website can help teacher in grabbing students’ attention. The thing is we need teachers’ ability in designing an attractive and interactive website. Even though technology is important in teaching, we can not put technology as the priority. The Principe is pedagogy first and technology second. For instance, computer can not give a feedback, unless what it has programmed.
In designing web, there are some aspects that must be remembered ; content, design and navigation.
Content
· Brevity : because people read 25% slower from computer than paper, so we used to write 50 % less text.
· Comprehensibility : the material provided should be appropriate to students’ need.
· Accuracy : Check and re – check to the content.
· Interesting : can make students interest.
· Organization : the contents are well – structured.
Visual design
· Consistency : the elements of each screen must be consistence such as background, font and language.
· Good use of space : fit onto one screen.
· Legibility : readable
· Careful use of color : Combining and matching color is important.
· Contrast, repetition alignmnet and proximity.
Navigation Design
· Good design should provide navigation button that help viewer back to the home page.
Multimedia Design
· High – quality playback : using video and audio should be high quality.
· Media file size : anykind of video or audio, it is better to compress it first before uploaded.
Moreover, teaching is about to serve students. Knowing what the students need is very important. Once, we realize that teachers do not only teaching but also advising, directing and helping students.
How sophisticated the technology is, only teacher can give the students love through learning
2 comments:
it's an interesting topic Ika, but i want to know how do you make sure that learning by using website, can get the students into a deeper understanding about the material and also meet the objective of the learning itself?
it is not easy actually martan. But providing quiz through the learning will encourage students to understand more about the material :)
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