Personalization Principle
Summary:
1. Present words in conversational style rather than formal style.
- Use some first- and second-person constuctions to create the feeling of conversation between course and learner.
- Be careful not to overdo personalization style because it may distract the learner.
Thoughts and Reactions:
- On screen agents may be beneficial for Autodesk Inventor projects where assignments are self guided.
- Does this include screen shot tutorial videos create by the teacher?
- Can not be too peronalized or students will not pay attention or lose focus on task.
- Use a real human voice rather than a computer generated one.
- Students will try harder to understand a conversational partner rather than an overly formal set of directions.
How to Use in Class:
- Often give students assignments in Autodesk Inventor where they have to follow tutorial documents to complete the task.
- Students may perform better if there is on on screen agent explaining what tools to use rather and how they work rather than just telling the student to click on that button.
- May reduce amount of questions asked and create more interest among the students.
Brain Pop Animation
Digital Etiquette - 3:58
Instructional Goal
- Set of rules of how to behave online
- Netiquette
Chronological Description
- Starts off in an online virtual world, one person bumps another and then yells at them.
- Tim tells the Robot to apologize in the virtual world.
- Get an email about Digital Etiquette.
- Tim explains what Digital Etiquette is, or Netiquette.
- Explains how people lose control online, this is called flaming.
- People who cruise around the internet looking to start flame wars.
- These people are called trolls.
- They are not mean people, they forget the rules.
- They hide behind a secret identity.
- Just like in real life, treat people the way they wanted to be treated.
- Netiquette also includes communicating clearly.
- Abbreviations and mood icons are ok with friends, not in a professional setting.
- Do not write in all caps, it seems like you're yelling.
- Humor does not always come across clearly online, be sure to reread and check your tone, grammar and punctuation.
- Once it's out, it's out.
- Ask permission before you post something about you're friends on a blog or social networking site.
- People's information is private, posting it with permission could ruin peoples relationships with friends, family or coworkers.
- The internet is not a private place; if you wouldn't want a parent, teacher, college admissions director or future employer to see something you post, don't post it.
- The robot puts up 2 embarrassing pictures of the main speaker, which the main speaker tells him not to post.
- The main speaker than tells the robot that millions of people are watching the video and sighs.