As a Multimedia lecturer, most of software that we are used in teaching and learning are Adobe creative cloud. This software allow student to create logo, editing picture, create a 2D and 3D animation, create a website, editing audio, create and editing video. For my student, mostly of them prefer to do watch Youtube or join forum to do their tutorial. When i read this topic, i realize that a lot of software we can used it to variety skills and can polish student creativity more.
Infographic
Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system's ability to see patterns and trends.
Example Of Infographic:
Visual.ly
One of the more popular ways to discover infographics, Visual.ly actually just launched a design overhaul of their website. It’s much more social and easier to share infographics. But since most of us don’t make infographics (yet), let’s focus on the killer tool that Visual.ly does offer: infographic creation.
Dipity
Want to get a beautifully simply visualization of data over time? It’s easy to use Dipity to create certain types of web content in a highly visual format. Consider using Dipity as a tool to map out the history of just about anything by creating multimedia timelines.
Infogr.am
One of the most simple tools, Infogr.am lets you actually import data right into the site and then translate it all into useful visualizations. What could be better than that? I could see this being useful for making large posters showing off attendance, performance on certain metrics, and other classroom-based data streams.
Gliffy
Want to spice up your next faculty or staff meeting? Gliffy (love the name, btw) lets you whip up flowcharts, floor plans, and pretty technical renderings with ease. It reminds me of Prezi but generates static images. Useful for presentations by both teachers and students.
Cite:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infographic
http://www.edudemic.com/diy-infographics/
Educational Games
Good game-based learning applications can draw us into virtual environments that look and feel familiar and relevant. According to Dr. Susan Ambrose, director of Carnegie Mellon’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, this is motivational because we can quickly see and understand the connection between the learning experience and our real-life work.
Within an effective game-based learning environment, we work toward a goal, choosing actions and experiencing the consequences of those actions along the way. We make mistakes in a risk-free setting, and through experimentation, we actively learn and practice the right way to do things. This keeps us highly engaged in practicing behaviors and thought processes that we can easily transfer from the simulated environment to real life. Research supports the effectiveness of game-based learning in virtual environments—for example, according to a meta-analysis of flight simulator training effectiveness, simulators combined with aircraft training consistently produced training improvements compared to aircraft-only training .
Example:
Ports of Call. This old classic has a 3D face lift. Play this game to build your shipping fleet wisely and learn plenty about economics while you play.
Betwixt Folly and Fate. This 3D role-playing game provides students an opportunity to experience life as an enslaved house servant, a freed slave, a white woman, and a white man in 1774 Williamsburg. Culture and history combine in this game aimed at middle-school students.
HumanSim. This game allows health care professionals to practice rare, complex, or high-risk procedures virtually, rather than on actual people so they can become skilled and ready when a human really needs help.
3rd World Farmer. Run a farm in Africa against the backdrop of poverty and conflict. Developed by IT students in Copenhagen in 2005, the game continues to undergo development to keep it current. A Spanish language version was released late last year.
McDonald’s Video Game. Choose your language, then dive into this game that teaches about the harmful effects of fast food with a heavy dose of irony.
Cite:
http://www.newmedia.org/game-based-learning--what-it-is-why-it-works-and-where-its-going.html
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/50-great-sites-for-serious-educational-games/
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