While reading the reading material, I was very interested in the design of the website. In the article “Design Principles for Indigenous Learning Spaces”, the article has been highlighting the importance of different designs for websites to better target specific audiences. As a Computer Science student, I think this will be of great help to my future study and work. In my previous programming, I never considered “design”, but simply designed software or web pages and used them. But after reading the article, I realized that there is a good chance that my website and programs are not helping a certain group of people, but rather annoying them.
Outside of college assignments, I can also add my design ideas to it by creating my personal website or program. This will also be of great help to my future work after graduation. For example, in 2019, when all courses were turned online, many students were confused by online learning software, because the design of these software is not reasonable, and can even be described as bad.
In the end, I think not only should we read this article on how to improve the structure of e-learning, but everyone who designs for e-learning software should read it and think about how I can improve these websites and software. Because people prefer to stay in what they know well, whenever a new software or website comes out, people subconsciously don’t use it. How to get people to actively use your new software and website is a very big design challenge.
Thanks for the post, QL. You have me really intrigued. Can you please share a concrete example of how the reading would impact your design work? Or, on the flip side, what do you think you have done that has annoyed Indigenous learners?
A couple of notes: try to give your post an inviting title. One that will get people interested in reading what you’ve written. Include a reference at the bottom for the reading. Since it is a webpage, it’d be helpful to link to it too.
Thanks!
This is a great idea, online courses we’re a weird period of time.
Yep, I think face-to-face or online teaching is suitable for different types of students. Some students may like face-to-face, and some students may like online teaching. But they both have different benefits for us.