This is a nice use of Flash, though I have to agree with Stephen’s criticisms, and of course point out that the library gets pretty short shrift in the overall picture. It’s mentioned a few times towards the end of the Study Guide section, but pretty much only in passing. It’s nice that the library seems to have a default place in every WebCT course shell, but didn’t they ask you to participate in this big tutorial, Tom?
Guide to Distance Learning Trey Martindale saves this link to his del.icio.us bookmarks, a Flash based tutorial for new distance learning students at Regis University. Nice production values; cut-and-paste doesn’t work, of course, so you can’t save any information, and the display didn’t size correctly on my screen. Was Flash the way to go here? But despite that, it’s still one of the better examples of the genre I’ve seen; full credit to the designers. By Various Authors, Regis University, April, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect]
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Well, no, I wasn’t asked to participate in designing the tutorial–and in fact, this is the first I’ve heard about it. It just goes to show how easy it is to fall through the cracks, even at an institution where we really do like and talk to each other. This example will give me a little more leverage for starting a university-wide distance learning interest group, since there are also communication lapses between the two schools that offer online courses, as well as with Information Technology Services.
Tom