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> Could you elaborate? There are several things that inform my prefference for 'vanilla' web over slides. 1. Many students are on mobile or a small laptop, an
by Daub 4y ago
> Could you elaborate?
There are several things that inform my prefference for 'vanilla' web over slides.
1. Many students are on mobile or a small laptop, and slides do not work well on a small screen.
2. Downloading pdfs can be a bore.
3. Most of our teaching is done on the Learning Management System (LMS) Canvas, and Keeping learning media web-based places teaching material nice and close to this.
4. As I keep all my material in one large open-access Canvas, I can cross link to other lecture material. In this way, assignment descriptions are peppered with appropriate support material.
5. Web pages is a live entity that can be updated at ease.
> or would you be willing to share an example?
Sure... The following is taken from our OER, other stuff is restricted.
- Western art history. Very linear, fairly vanilla:
https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/87565/modules/749876 https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/87565/modules/749876
- Typography crimes. By my talented colleague:
https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/87565/modules/774270 https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/87565/modules/774270
- Colour for artists. I must have done this one 100 times. A tough task to present key knowledge in a streamlined manner.
https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/87565/modules/696256 https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/87565/modules/696256
I have not given up on slides altogether. In fact, only last week I made some slides to address the topic of colour to high school students. In that instance, the linearity of slides served the task effectively.