Uh... I learned that Vin Crosbie thinks that only three different types of media exist. I suppose that's kind of right if you look at it the way he did, but describing the internet and everything as "new media" is ... outdated. The internet is a mass medium with a twist that the audience are the users and also the producers and the distributors. It's a kind of mass medium that can be one to many, but can also be many to many, or many to one. It's a massive world. The internet, I believe, should be classed as its own medium that encompasses all other media. Because it just does. Vin Crosbie also forgot about video games. I'm not trying to say that I dislike Vin Crosbie, I'm just saying that he's not entirely correct.
My response
Honestly? I got through it as quickly as possible, taking in only the stuff that I didn't know and felt was important.
What did I like?
I liked the way the information was laid out in a clear and concise manner. I also liked how I could get through what was essentially an hour's worth of lecture in about ten minutes.
What didn't I like?
I didn't like the lack of interactivity. There was an attempt in the first few slides to make the user think by posing questions to them, but without any way of selecting an answer, and because of the fact that the answer was already there at the bottom of the page in clear sight, it didn't really feel like it was trying hard enough. It was a token effort, to put it another way.
Improvements?
Interactivity. If you want to ask a question to the user, make sure you give them check boxes and not reveal the answer until they've answered the question. Learning by reading is only effective if the user is engaged in the task.
Usefulness
I didn't find it all that useful but that's probably mainly because I've studied all of this extensively in the past (apart from the bit about Vin Crosbie) and therefore I ended up skimming the entire exercise. But it was a good way to kill half an hour in my lab session.
Pete out.
Pete out.
