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Week five
19 August 2004
                                              Lifelong Learning
1. Instruction Design and human Computer Interface
2. Website evaluation �checklist
3. Your website
Longworth (1999) summarizes five key themes in lifelong learning:

1. The lifelong learning focus is on o learning and the needs and requirement of learners

2. Lifelong learning is more holistic. It is an economic, social and cultural, as well as an educational, philosophy

3. In a lifelong learning world, examination and assessment methods are used to confirm progress and encourage further learning for everyone rather than to highlight success/failure in the few

4. Lifelong learning proactively encourages the development of the habit of learning in everyone rather than reactively responding to specific needs at specific times

5. Lifelong learning is long-term rather than short-term, outward rather than inward-looking, holistic rather than fragmented, proactive rather than reactive.

In terms of technology for the learning city-creating the future, Longworth states  �A learning city transform the city into a modern centre of learning by effective use of the new learning technologies.� The strategy of more effective learning in the future is based on a strategy of more effective use of education technology, including open and distance learning and delivery through network.

Therefore in the websites designed for learning, it should include something that first interacts users: dynamic (evolved), proactive (Reflection and Research),

Every process is from belief, knowledge on theories

Different thing in different cultures e.g.  abacus, keyboards
Longworth, N. (1999) Making Lifelong Learning Work. UK: Kogan Page.
Siva also mentioned about culture, dufferent culture has different thing. for example, computer keybaords, abacus etc. So that the designer for educational website should take this matter into account. Here are some useful websites that talk about the criteria of effective websites:

http://csis.pace.edu/~dsachs/7keys.html
http://www.webreference.com/html/watch/seven/
http://www.prenhall.com/7keys/
http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/evaluating_web.html#purpose

Later on Siva told us to form a group and find the criteria for effective websites. Here are criteria for effective education webiste I have found.

                    1. Visual Appealing
                    2. Valuable useful, or Fun
                    3. Correct and timely
                    4. Easy to find and use
                    5. Instructive on-page Navigator
                    6. Involved the visitor
                    7. Responsive to its users
                    8. Appropriate to the user's culture
In addition, Simon introduced "Waterfall model" for education websiter evaluation:

Requirement    
                 Specification   
                                    Design  
                                             Implementation 
                                                                   Test
                                                                          Maintenance

This model is used as milestole for the web designer to improve the web.
Siva further stressed that learning object is important, but when other things are put in, the content may vary. Therefore, the object should embed.

By the end of Siva�s session, he told us to give 3 useful websites and 3 ugly websites for column. Here are three useful websites that I would like to share them with the class:

http://www.prenhall.com/7keys/
http://quizzes.englishclub.com/
http://www.esldesk.com

For the ugly website, I think that this website might not consist of the criteria that the useful website has.

Simon talked how we should save our portfolio and images in order to make portfolio.
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