Designing and Implementing a Unique Website Design Project in an Undergraduate Course

Kontos, George

doi:10.1007/s11528-016-0027-6

“…Some scholars (Britt & Gabrys, 2002;Kontos, 2016) have proposed some web design guidelines as a reference for instructors. Kontos (2016) suggested that students have to carefully follow the four basic principles of web design when creating a website: matching purpose and target audience; arranging the web pages meaningfully; using consistent cues throughout; and designing to navigate through the website easily.…”

Section: Web Design and Related Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some scholars (Britt & Gabrys, 2002;Kontos, 2016) have proposed some web design guidelines as a reference for instructors. Kontos (2016) suggested that students have to carefully follow the four basic principles of web design when creating a website: matching purpose and target audience; arranging the web pages meaningfully; using consistent cues throughout; and designing to navigate through the website easily. Tao (2008) generalized several web design guidelines from previous studies, including page content, general principles, instructional design, interface usability, multimedia presentation, screen layout, interaction style, and interaction usability.…”

Section: Web Design and Related Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applying the design-based learning model to foster undergraduates’ web design skills: the role of knowledge integration

Tsai

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,

Shih

²

,

Hsieh

³

et al. 2022

Int J Educ Technol High Educ

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The purpose of this research was to design a course based on the design-based learning (DBL) model to improve undergraduates’ web design skills, and to explore the differences in learning effectiveness of students with different levels of knowledge integration. The quasi-experimental design was adopted in this study. Ninety-two participants studying general education courses in a university in southern Taiwan were selected to participate in this study. The instruments included the Web Design Skills Test and the Knowledge Integration Scale. The study found that the use of the DBL strategy in teaching could improve the web design skills of the experimental group students, especially those students with insufficient web design skills in the initial stage. In addition, students with a high level of knowledge integration had better improvement in their web design skills. The implication of this research is that DBL is a suitable web design skills training strategy for students with insufficient web design skills. If students could be reminded to integrate knowledge while studying, their learning outcomes may be better.

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Implementing Service-Learning Through an Online Graduate Course in Instructional Design

Trespalacios

¹

,

Armstrong

²

,

Goodwill

³

2022

Research Anthology on Service Learning and Community Engagement Teaching Practices

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The following paper describes a collaborative service-learning project done in an online graduate class on instructional design. With the help of the university's service-learning program, a community issue was identified related to encouraging underserved populations to pursue STEM careers. Graduate students developed a data analysis from surveying high school students, designed and implemented a website where information about specific careers can be found, and evaluated the project with the help of a high school science teacher. The project also required that the graduate students reflected about the service activity to gain a deeper understanding of course objectives. The course instructor and graduate students' experiences during this service-learning project are discussed.

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Implementing Service-Learning Through an Online Graduate Course in Instructional Design

Trespalacios

¹

,

Armstrong

²

,

Goodwill

³

2017

International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design

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The following paper describes a collaborative service-learning project done in an online graduate class on instructional design. With the help of the university's service-learning program, a community issue was identified related to encouraging underserved populations to pursue STEM careers. Graduate students developed a data analysis from surveying high school students, designed and implemented a website where information about specific careers can be found, and evaluated the project with the help of a high school science teacher. The project also required that the graduate students reflected about the service activity to gain a deeper understanding of course objectives. The course instructor and graduate students' experiences during this service-learning project are discussed.

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Designing and Implementing a Unique Website Design Project in an Undergraduate Course

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Applying the design-based learning model to foster undergraduates’ web design skills: the role of knowledge integration

Applying the design-based learning model to foster undergraduates’ web design skills: the role of knowledge integration

Implementing Service-Learning Through an Online Graduate Course in Instructional Design

Implementing Service-Learning Through an Online Graduate Course in Instructional Design

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