World Usability Day 2011: Los Angeles

Didn't get a chance to attend the World Usability Day Los Angeles conference? No problem, we have you covered. Education was the topic and the discussion was excellent. #wud11 #lawud11 Enjoy!

  1. And of course, a special thanks to Putnam Recruiting Group from Manhattan Beach! #wud11
  2. Happy to be part of #wud11 Education - social change - usability What could be better!
  3. #Education was selected as the User Experience day theme - if there is one place a real impact can be made, it is in that space.... #wud11
  4. If you are following the World Usability Day 2011 live tweets tonight and have a questions, just send it to us at @LosAngelesUPA! #wud11
  5. From everyone at World Usability Day 2011 LA, we want to thank our organizers @cbehrlich @hilaryue @PrimitiveSpark Kathryn Campbell #wud11
  6. If you want to improve education user experience, give the students the power to design it... #lawud11 #wud11
  7. .@khanacademy's mission is to provide free education materials, to anyone, online for free. #wud11 #lawud11
  8. Traditional classroom - what does the design tell you? They are set up for teachers to broadcast to students, same for all #lawud11 #wud11
  9. Two core issues with traditional classroom: Give students control and they will do better and mastery is constant #lawud11 #wud11
  10. A knowledge map has no dates, it doesn't show you the sequence of things, shows connections & it puts the student in control #lawud11 #wud11
  11. . @Khanacademy's interactive education system puts the student in charge of learning, ability to ask their own questions #lawud11 #wud11
  12. Student profiles shows students what they are working on, by segmentation, which connects to results #lawud11 #wud11
  13. When its pointed out that more time is needed one area, students understand they need to work harder to learn. And it works! #lawud11 #wud11
  14. This real-time systems allows teachers to know immediately who needs more help and where it is needed & who is exceeding . #lawud11 #wud11
  15. Interactive systems allow teachers to play back the students work, step-by-step and see the problem as the student has #lawud11 #wud11

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