Author: Michael Power
Publisher: AU Pre
Keywords: instructional, design, studies, case, log, designer’s
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 1969-12-31
ISBN-10: 1897425619
ISBN-13: 9781897425619

Books and articles on instructional design in online learning abound but rarely do we get such a comprehensive picture of what instructional designers do, how they do it, and the problems they solve as their university changes. Michael Power documents the emergence of an adapted instructional design model for transforming courses from single-mode to dual-mode instruction, making this designer’s log a unique contribution to the field of distance education.About the Author Michael Power is Programs Director and Assistant Professor in Educational Technology at the Faculty of Education, Lav

Author: Bill Moggridge
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: interactions, designing
Number of Pages: 766
Published: 2007-10-01
ISBN-10: 0262134748
ISBN-13: 9780262134743

Digital technology has changed the way we interact with everything from the games we play to the tools we use at work. Designers of digital technology products no longer regard their job as designing a physical object?beautiful or utilitarian?but as designing our interactions with it. In Designing Interactions, award-winning designer Bill Moggridge introduces us to forty influential designers who have shaped our interaction with technology. Moggridge, designer of the first laptop computer (the GRiD Compass, 1981) and a founder of the design firm IDEO, tells us these stories from an industry in

Author: John F. X. Sundman
Publisher: Rosalita Associates
Keywords: matter, series, over, mind, apostles, acts
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 1999-11-17
ISBN-10: 192975213X
ISBN-13: 9781929752133

As American-led forces assemble in Saudi Arabia for the largest military operation since Normandy, computer designer Todd Griffith discovers a secret function burried within the Kali chip. That night he is shot. Five years later, burnt-out Silicon Valley software engineer Nick Aubrey boards a "red-eye" flight to Boston and winds up seated next to a very disturbed man who claims to know the secret of Gulf War Syndrome. Over Utah Nick’s chance companion meets a dramatic demise, and the police accuse Nick of murder. Soon the police are the least of Nick’s worries. On the run from the

Author: Ari Feldman
Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: graphics, game, computer, arcade, designing
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2000-11-01
ISBN-10: 1556227558
ISBN-13: 9781556227554

Graphics play a central role in the computer gaming experience, and arcade-style games are no exception. Designing Arcade Computer Game Graphics emphasizes the development of quality graphics for 2D arcade-style computer games, both online and offline, including such topics as game design and documentation, graphics tools, animation, proper color usage, and fonts. Graphic designer and animator Ari Feldman provides a step-by-step example of designing 2D graphics and animation for an arcade-style game. * Understand the capabilities of various display modes and learn the nuances of designing f

Author: John D. Berry
Publisher: Mark Batty Publisher
Keywords: dot, font, design, talking
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-02-26
ISBN-10: 0977282716
ISBN-13: 9780977282715

The 21st century promises no shortage of technological advances that will permit people to rethink how they used to go about tasks long a part of life, from doing laundry to desigining a typeface. Mark Batty Publisher proudly announces the first two titles in an ongoing series that will track, respond to and engage with the issues and possibilities of 21st century graphic design and typography, culling information from the sources that create, implement and make popular these innovations. These first two books, dot-font: talking about fonts and dot-font: talking about design, comprise essays w

Author: John F. X. Sundma
Publisher: Rosalita Associate
Keywords: matter, series, over, mind, apostles, acts
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 1999-11-17
ISBN-10: 192975227X
ISBN-13: 9781929752270

As American-led forces assemble in Saudi Arabia for the largest military operation since Normandy, computer designer Todd Griffith discovers a secret function burried within the Kali chip. That night he is shot. Five years later, burnt-out Silicon Valley software engineer Nick Aubrey boards a "red-eye" flight to Boston and winds up seated next to a very disturbed man who claims to know the secret of Gulf War Syndrome. Over Utah Nick’s chance companion meets a dramatic demise, and the police accuse Nick of murder. Soon the police are the least of Nick’s worries. On the run from the

Authors:Andi Gutmans, Stig Bakken, Derick Rethans,
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Keywords: open, source, series, perens, bruce, power, programming, php
Number of Pages: 720
Published: 2004-11-06
ISBN-10: 013147149X
ISBN-13: 9780131471498

From the Back Cover"This book, written by my colleague, Andi Gutmans, and two very prominent PHP developers, Stig Bakken and Derick Rethans, holds the key to unlocking the riches of PHP 5. It thoroughly covers all of the features of this new version, and is a must have for all PHP developers interested in exploring PHP 5's advanced features"—Zeev Suraski, Co-Designer of PHP 5 and Co-Creator of the Zend Engine Expert PHP 5 programming techniques, direct from PHP 5 co-creator and key developers Definitive coverage of the PHP object model, design patterns, XML/SOAP integration, and more Solid int