Resources Links

Theoretical Resources:

Behaviorism
Behaviorism as a Learning Theory
Provides information on the development of behaviorist learning theories and the effect that behaviorism has on instructional technology. University of Houston at Clear Lake, Instructional Technology Department, 1995.
http://inst.cl.uh.edu/inst5931/Behaviorism.html

The Behavioral System
Discusses four types of behavioristic learning theories and associated terminology
http://www.valdosta.peachnet.edu/~whuitt/psy702/behsys/behsys.html

Dr. Huitt, Dept of Psychology, Counseling and Guidance, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, 1998. foundational page with link to Systems Model of Human Behavior
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/interact.html

About Learning/Theories
by Fuunderstanding, 1998. Offers a search engine to find information about learning theories, designing schools and instruction, and how to determine if learning has occurred.
.http://funderstanding.com/learning_theory_how2.html

Criterion Referenced Instruction (R. Mager)
The Theory Into Practice Database, Greg Kearsley, 1994, 99. ñ Describes principles and characteristics of Criterion Referenced Instruction.
http://www.media.gwu.edu/~tip/mager.html

Bloomís Taxonomy (B. Bloom)
DLRN Technology Resource Network. Briefly describes Bloomís Taxonomy and how distance learning technologies can be utilized in instruction based upon Bloomís Taxonomy.
http://www.wested.org/tie/dlrn/blooms.html

Bloomís Taxonomy and Gronlundís General Instructional Objectives
University of Portsmouth. Relates Bloomís Taxonomy and Gronlundís General Instructional Objectives in a table format.
http://www2.civl.port.ac.uk/teaching/bloom.htm

Cognitive Development
Discusses Piagetís study into cognitive processes and the stages of cognitive development.
http://www.valdosta.peachnet.edu/~whuitt/psy702/cogsys/piaget.html

Cognitive/Learning Styles
The Theory Into Practice Database, Greg Kearsley, 1994, 99. ñ Describes characteristics of cognitive styles.
http://www.media.gwu.edu/~tip/styles.html

Constructivist Theory (J. Bruner)
The Theory Into Practice Database, Greg Kearsley, 1994, 99. ñDiscusses the constructivist theory formed by Bruner which states that learning is an active process where the learner constructs new concepts based upon his/her prior knowledge.
http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/bruner.html

Conditions of Learning (R. Gagne)
The Theory Into Practice Database, Greg Kearsley, 1994, 99.-Discusses Gagneís 5 major categories of learning and instructional implications. Includes a video clip of Gagne discussing his work.
http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/gaaagne.html

Subsumption Theory (D. Ausebel)
The Theory Into Practice Database, Greg Kearsley, 1994, 99.-Discusses and clarifies Ausebelís subsumption theory and his promotion of advanced organizers.
http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/ausubel.html

Constructivism
The University of Colorado at Denver, School of Education, 1999. Provides links to definitions and readings on constructivist theories.
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc/constructivism.html

Constructivism Theory
CSCL Theories, Jy Wana Daphne Lin Hsiao, University of Texas. Brief discussion of the constructivist theory.
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/csclstudent/Dhsiao/theories.html#construct

Constructivism Theory
by Fuunderstanding, 1998. Breaks constructivism down and lists its implications on learning.
http://funderstanding.com/learning_theory_how1.html

Constructivism
Learning Theory Funhouse. Brief discussion of definition, explanation and implications of constructivism.
http://www.picce.uno.edu/SS/Theory/Construc.html

Social Development Theory (L. Vygotsky)
The Theory Into Practice Database, Greg Kearsley, 1994, 99.-Discusses the two major aspects of Vygotskyís theory ñ the role of social interaction on cognitive development and the "zone of proximal development."
http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/vygotsky.html

Vygotsky and Social Cognition
About Theories/Learning, by Fuunderstanding, 1998.Discusses the definition, explanation and impacts upon learning of Vygotskyís Social Cognition theory.
http://funderstanding.com/learning_theory_how12.html

Have to check this site again. Dewey: http://www.siu.edu/~deweyctr/

Brown, B.L., 1998. Using Problem-solving Approaches in Vocational Education. EDRS Availability.

Shepherd, A. & Cosgriff, B. 1998. Problem-Based Learning: A Bridge Between Planning Education and Planning Practice. Journal of Planning Education and Research, v17, n4, 348-57.

Graham, W. & Legere, S.M. 1998. Four sides to every story: Creating Effective Multimedia Business Simulations. Journal of Instructional Delivery Systems. V12, n3, 3-8.

Martin, K.J., Chrispeels, J.H. & DíEmidio-Caston, M. 1998. Exploring the Use of Problem-Based Learning for Developing Collaborative Leadership Skills. Journal of School Leadership, v 8, n5, 470-500.

Web-based references:

For more information on Problem-based learning:

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/clrit/learningtree/PBL/WhatisPBL.html

Advantages and key concepts of problem-based learning.

http://www.pbli.org/core.htm

A description of PBL and the essentials necessary to make a curriculum change to PBL.

http://memory.loc.gov

A description of a PBL teaching unit composed of two web-based activities.

Links to PBL projects in a variety of fields:

Combining Distance Learning and PBL with a Multimedia Approach in Biotechnology.

http://jeffline.tju.edu/CWIS/OAC/hslc/sym94/sym94prodoc13.html

Interactive Multimedia courseware and the Dental curriculum of the year 2000.

http://www.coe.uh.edu/insite/elec_pub/HTML1997/de_mack.htm

Use of the computer-based multimedia as a tool in a modified problem-based learning activity for Pharmacology.

http://jeffline.tju.edu/CWIS/OAC/hslc/sym94/sym94prodoc47.html

A prototype medical problem solving case study with multimedia software system.

This site is a valuable resource for those interested in Project-based learning. It contains an overview, definitions, a handbook for implementation, and sample uses of project-based learning.
http://www.bie.org/pbl/index.html

This site is a more practical guide to implementing Project-based learning in the classroom. It also provides a listserve for those who want to become more involved.
http://www.autodesk.com/foundation

This site provides a general overview of project-based Learning, but it also provides a valuable section on assessment of students when using Project-based learning.
http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/WhyPBL.html

The name of this site is "The Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project: Project-Based Learning with Multimedia". This site provides the overview of the project-based learning, the combination of project-based learning and multimedia, the guide for assessing the outcome of project-based learning, and classroom examples. It also provides sample lessons based on the project-based learning for students from elementary to high school in a variety of subject areas.
http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/index.html

This site describe the ROCK project , which is an outcome of the project-based learning. It describes what they did, when they did, and how they did to produce the product.
http://drake.marin.k12.ca.us/academics/rock/rock.htm:

This web-site provides the information about Dr. Liu. It provides electronic syllabi of her classes, projects her classes have done, publications, etc.
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/ci/it/liu.html

This web-site provides information about class called "Interactive Multimedia Design & Production". It provides what this course is about, class projects, and multimedia resources.
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/projects/mmdesign/mmdesign.html

This is homepage of University of Texas at Austin. It provides a variety of information about UT.
http://www.utexas.edu/

This site provides information about Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) of Vygotsky. It also presented its implication to education.
http://www.coe.uh.edu/~ichen/ebook/ET-IT/zpd.htm

This site provides information about Cognitive Apprenticeship. It provides some articles or papers related to cognitive apprenticeship and its implication to education.
http://www.wiso.gwdg.de/~ppreiss/didaktik/cognitapp.html

Liu, M. (1998). A study of engaging high-school students as multimedia designers in a cognitive apprenticeship-style learning environment. Computers in Human Behavior, 14(3), 387-415.

Liu, M. (1998). The effect of hypermedia authoring on elementary school studentsí creative thinking. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 19(1), 27-51.

Liu, M., & Rutledge, K. (1997). The effects of a "learner as multimedia designer" environment on at-risk high school studentsí motivation and learning of design knowledge. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 16(2), 145-177.

Liu, M. & Pedersen, S. (1998). The effect of being hypermedia designer on elementary school studentsí motivation and learning of design knowledge. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 9(2), 155-182.

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Would you like to design and develop a multimedia product of your own? Select one of the links on the left to find out more information before you begin.

Authoring tips

Macromedia Director 

Grip Boy - Macromedia Director Resources Headquarters
Your One Stop Source for Macromedia Director Resources on the Web - Books, Links, Articles, FAQ's, tips..
http://www.epicsoftware.com/grip-boy/ 

Director Authoring Tips/Techniques
Tired of writing every button rollover from scratch, and still not sure of the best methods? Here are some popular solutions to recurring problems. 
http://www.mindspring.com/~markarend/dat/dv_tq.html

UpdateStage
A BI-Weekly harvest of info-nuggets on Macromedia Director and multimedia development culled from online discussion groups. 
http://www.updateStage.com 

Macromedia Director Online Tutorial
This site provides the brief introduction about the director with the screen shot and description. http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/multimedia/workshops/dir/index.html 

On DirectorThis!

This is another Director site that offers tips, tricks, free utilities and links.
http://www.omnicreative.com/onDir/

 

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Macromedia Authorware

Authorware New Media Multimedia Site UK Macromedia Authorware Resources Links Ring Developers
Visit the Macromedia Authorware Web resource at For Authorware applications on the Web you'll need the Authorware Shockwave ... 
http://www.matt-barnett.freeserve.co.uk/aware.htm 

Authorware Resource Center
This site is dedicated to all people using Authorware, or seeking information about Authorware. 
http://www.stingray-interactive.com/awunder/index.htm 

Getting Interactive with Authorware: Building Simulations and Games
It is a good resource about how to design an Authorware project by building simulations and games. http://www.nowhereroad.com/authorware/ 

Authorware Developers Center
The macromedia site provides many related articles, examples, discussion group, and resources about Authorware.
http://www.macromedia.com/support/authorware/dev_index.fhtml

Authorware: An Introduction to Multimedia Design 
This website supplements the book Authorware: An Introduction to Multimedia Design by Simon Hooper. This home page will also attempt to answer many common questions that arise during the development process and will provide links to related materials that will speed the development process.
http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/ESM/app/hooper

 

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Hyperstudio

Hyperstudio: A Beginner's Tutorial 
Here you can learn how to use Hyperstudio, the advanced Hyperstudio tips, the basic concept about hpyperstudio and more other useful information.
http://home.HiWAAY.net/~swaim/Hyperstudio/ 

Hyperstudio training Material
In this site, you can download the free Hyperstudio training materials from the official Hyperstudio site. 
http://www.hyperstudio.com/resource/profdev/trainmat.html

Hyperstudio
This is a great site which provides you many Hyperstudio Shortcuts and Tips.

http://www.stan-co.k12.ca.us/riverbank/rhs/hyperstudio.htm 

Hyperstudio and the Internet! 
In this site, you can get the information about how to put your Hyperstudio stacks into WWW. 
http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/tutor/hsinet/HSandInet.htm 

Hyperstudio Tips
You will learn hidden features, shortcuts, and tips for your favorite programs: ClarisWorks, Hyperstudio, Mac OS tricks, Windows, and more.
http://edtech.sandi.net/emmie/hstips.html 

 

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Graphics tips

Adobe Photoshop 
Adobe Photoshop Tips 
Photoshop tips & techniques from the official site (Adobe) which can show you step-by-step instructions for each tip.
http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshop.html 

StewartStudio Photoshop tips 

Photoshop Tips - Free animated gifs, buttons, backgrounds, Photoshop Tips, graphics tips, & much more! 
http://www.stewartstudio.com/tips/phototip.htm 

Photoshop Web Tips Database
A Javascript database of Photoshop Tips, Tricks and Techniques for producing all kinds of graphic effects for web or print media. 
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~jastaple/photoshop/front.html 

Tips _ AndyArt, ScreamGraphics 
This Photoshop Tips & Tricks section contains over 50 step-by-step process to create professional looking effects in no time at all. Many of these tips can be done with a few clicks of some of the fancy filter sets, but these tips are designed for anyone to use and only require the original Photoshop program. 
http://www.andyart.com/tips/photoshop/index.html 

Pixel Warehouse: Photoshop tips 
Photoshop tips and tutorials for buttons, backgrounds, and special effects. http://matrixvault.com/PW/CC/tutorials/ 

Design By Mark

http://www.designsbymark.com/pstips/index.shtml

Tips from our classmates 
There are a lot of tips which created by our classmates. They are saved as PDF file format. Welcome to download.

tipsfromus.htm

 

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Adobe Illustrator

Adobe illustrator Tips
Illustrator  tips & techniques from the official site (Adobe) which can show you step-by-step instructions for each tip. 
http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/illustrator.html 

AndyArt
ScreamGraphics Tips and Tutorials on PhotoShop, Illustrator, HTML, Graphics, and JavaScript. Hundreds of pages with new tips added all the time.
http://www.andyart.com/tips/illustrator/tips_ill.htm 

Illustrator Tutorial 
This site provides many tutorial lessons for various effects for illustrator 6.7. and 8 with the detail steps and screen shot. 
http://www.ruku.com/ilustutorials.html 

Graphic design net links
In this site, you will find out many useful links which includes the tips, tricks, reviews and tutorials. http://graphicdesign.miningco.com/arts/graphicdesign/msubai.htm

Illustrator Plug-in tools
In this site, you can collect the information about all kinds of adobe illustrator plug-in tools. http://www.pluginsource.com/illustrator/index.html 

Shuang Design Classroom
Here the site provides the useful tips about Adobe illustrator and PhotoShop. http://mypage.direct.ca/s/shuang/Eclassroom.html 

 

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Macromedia Fireworks

Fireworks 2 manual in PDF format
This site provides the detail tutorial for fireworks. http://download.macromedia.com/pub/fireworks/manuals/fireworks2.pdf 

Webmonkey | Design: One-Day Fireworks Tutorial 
This site introduces the major feature of Firework. You also can download its PDF file to print them out for reference.
http://go.wired.com/webmonkey/98/30/index2a.html/eg199830 

Fireworks support and developers center
The macromedia site provides the introduction about "basics", "rollover and image map", "batch processing", and "animation"· Moreover, you also can see the technotes provided by macromedia developers center.
http://www.macromedia.com/support/fireworks/ts/nav/ 

Fireworks tip
This site demonstrates how to create an image using fireworks step by step. 
http://www.ruku.com/splice.html 

 

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Macromedia freehand

Freehand 8 demo tutorial for Windows 95/98/NT 
The FreeHand 8 demo tutorial is a PDF document and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. http://download.macromedia.com/pub/freehand/trial/english/win/8.0/freehand8tutorial.exe

FreeHand 8 demo tutorial for Macintosh
The FreeHand 8 demo tutorial is a PDF document and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. http://download.macromedia.com/pub/freehand/trial/english/mac/8.0/freehand8tutorial.sea.hqx 

Welcome to FreeHand for Cartographers
FreeHand for Cartographers has been set up specifically for Cartographers who use Macromedia's FreeHand to produce maps. It should act as a guide to all the available extra tools both on the Internet and in the commercial sector 
http://www.applemaps.co.uk/f4c 

Freehand Tips & Tricks 
Freehand Tips are a collection of tips and tricks for use with Macromedia Freehand. They're tips which are not well known or well documented that make using Freehand easier and quicker. http://www.sev.com.au/dtpzone/fhtips.htm

Avenza Freehand Resource 
This site includes FreeHand Web Resources, Recommended FreeHand books, FreeHand Demo Download Sites and online mailing lists
http://www.avenza.com/freewres.html
 

 

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Video tips

Adobe Premiere
Adobe Premiere Tips 
Written by Alex Von Pelet Copyright Audio Visual Planet, Inc. In this site, you can find out the solutions to the frequently asked questions. And the information will be updated very often. http://audiovisualplanet.com/html/AVP_5.1Tips.html 

Adobe Premiere Tips & Techniques 
This site provides the information about how to maximize output quality, optimize your system digital video, cool shortcuts, speeding up editing in Adobe Premiere·.. 
http://www.ndic.com/premiere.html 

Digital Video Tips and Tricks with Adobe Premiere 
Following are some cool editing tricks that you can perform with Adobe Premiere: Playing A Movie through a Moving Shape, Giving Movies a Textured Look, Layering Movies panning Across a Still Image...
http://www.ndic.com/videotricks.html

Digital Editor support Forums 
Digital Editor support and resource site. This is where non-linear and digital editor's gather to exchange ideas, get ideas, tip, techniques, tutorials, and talk... 
http://www.digitaleditor.com/photo_forums.htm

 

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Macromedia Flash

Macromedia Flash support site
Learn new techniques from the developers center where you can learn the basic techniques about Flash. Moreover, you can use search function to find out what you are interested in. You also can know what's new with Flash in the current month. 
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/

Flash Tech Resource
This is a great site, which provides you much practical information such as the communication between Director/Authorware/Freehand and Flash. You will learn much more information from here. http://www.flashcentral.com/tech/

Flash - Web Design - Net Links
Here you can learn create complex, interactive animations with advanced flash lessons, buttons. Moreover, you can see the frequently asked questions from the Flash Discussion Group. Cool site! http://webdesign.about.com/internet/webdesign/msubflash.htm 

Flash Tips
These 14 tips will help you use Flash more productively and avoid or work around certain problems. http://www.builder.com/Graphics/FlashTips/

Crazy Raven
Flash Tutorials 6 illustrated tutorials - how to create pop-up windows, email buttons, imagemaps, now loading animations; All About Buttons, and Using the Aftershock Utility. 
http://www.crazyraven.com/tutorials.htm 

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Adobe AfterEffects

After Effects Tips and Techniques
The official Adobe site provides a lot of tips, which includes the detail steps. http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/aftereffects.html 

Adobe Magazine
Here you can find out many answers or special tips about Adobe After Effects from past issues of Adobe Magazine. 
http://www.adobe.com/products/adobemag/archive/qaprem.html 

An After Effects Portal
An After Effects Portal is a resource for newer users of After Effects--with information on resources online, tutorials, plug-ins, links and tips. 
http://www.cel.sfsu.edu/msp/instructors/rey/aepage/aeportal.html 

After Effects Tips and Tricks
with CHAD "PIXEL" ANDERSON Hangin' 10 on the 4.0 waveform Cool. That's all I could say when my "sources" told me of the new features and tricks that would debut in After Effects 4.0. I'd ... 
http://mactoday.com/mayjun99/aetips.html 
 

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