Thanks Carina, that’s all very helpful, let’s discuss more on Friday during our meeting.
Best,
Thea
From:
Carina Girvan <girvanc@tcd.ie>
Date: Tuesday, 8 November 2022 at 16:35
To: Christothea.Herodotou <christothea.herodotou@open.ac.uk>
Cc: extendt2_omt@lists.sunet.se <extendt2_omt@lists.sunet.se>, Joan.Oliver <Joan.Oliver@open.ac.uk>, Shamim Patel <shamim.patel@lnu.se>
Subject: Re: [Extendt2_omt] Extendt2 website LIVE
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Hi Thea
Big opinions:
1) This website appears VERY differently on mobile Chrome. When I first saw it on my phone (last Friday), I thought it looked like a website from the early 2000s. Desktop Chrome is much better, or perhaps
that's just a newer version - but worth checking how it looks on mobile browsers.
2) The description of the project is quite opaque (not a problem restricted to this site, but in general). I have had a couple of meetings with people external to the project in recent weeks - including a
teacher, developer and academic. Each has told me that ahead of the meeting they have done a Google search to find out about the project and found the descriptions online haven't made much sense (inaccessible language, overly complex ideas, etc). The project
description works for a proposal but I think we should carefully consider the audience(s) this website is designed for and how to grab and maintain their interest. I'd be happy to help write a Plain English description if you like.
Small opinions:
1) The 'call for teachers', 'news', etc headers should be hyperlinked, not just the picture and text.
2) I quite like the black (sorry Chronis), but perhaps make that banner thinner?
3) The initial picture doesn't fit the topic. It doesn't instantly link to education or emerging tech por design thinking. I do think it adds to Chronis' feeling that it is a eulogy.
4) I think we should have a holding image for 'resources for teachers' and 'resources for researchers' (and possibly for policy makers and edtech designers), similar to the one for publications.
All the best,
Carina
On Fri, 4 Nov 2022 at 06:49, Christothea.Herodotou <christothea.herodotou@open.ac.uk>
wrote:
Any comments most welcome 😊
Best,
Thea
Dr Christothea Herodotou
Professor of Learning Technologies and Social Justice
Institute of Educational Technology (iet)
https://iet.open.ac.uk/people/christothea.herodotou
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