Whew!! It all starts here. August 2011.
I thought I would give a visual of how someone might navigate my site. I try to give order to my "stuff." It is difficult and messy. I relate my computer "stuff" to the items people keep in their homes (hoarders). My home is mostly clutter free, but my computer is crammed with so much that I have a difficult time finding things I need. I am sure I have multiple copies of everything in multiple folders. In order to help my viewers navigate through this journey, I thought I might map it out to make navigating more user friendly.
I am making a map - at least trying and suddenly I have a moment - the "aha" moment. I am putting "stuff" in this web portfolio and suddenly I get it. I have my reflections, my goals, our readings, but I was reading up on websites and how to make navigation easy - well here is a quote that reflects my own thoughts.
"Between the ages of 25 and 60, people's abilities to use websites declines by 0.8% per year - mostly because they spend more time per page, but also because of navigation difficulties . . . problem is that people have more trouble navigating websites as they age . . ." Jakob Nielsen
Back to the map - I hope to start with August 2011 - Semester 1 and add artifacts, lessons, things that made me wonder or ask why? I will list an outcome or outcomes and see what fits. I will then give a brief sysnopsis of what I learned and how I applied the learning and finally - did I meet thr outcome? So if your ready, strap on boots and hats and we will be off. Enjoy the ride!! I will try to simplify for that .08% deficit we have lost each year. I wonder if that applies to the creator of the site too. Hmmmmm
"Between the ages of 25 and 60, people's abilities to use websites declines by 0.8% per year - mostly because they spend more time per page, but also because of navigation difficulties . . . problem is that people have more trouble navigating websites as they age . . ." Jakob Nielsen
Back to the map - I hope to start with August 2011 - Semester 1 and add artifacts, lessons, things that made me wonder or ask why? I will list an outcome or outcomes and see what fits. I will then give a brief sysnopsis of what I learned and how I applied the learning and finally - did I meet thr outcome? So if your ready, strap on boots and hats and we will be off. Enjoy the ride!! I will try to simplify for that .08% deficit we have lost each year. I wonder if that applies to the creator of the site too. Hmmmmm