Comments on: Send your learners on a roller coaster ride http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2009/04/send-your-learners-on-a-roller-coaster-ride/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=send-your-learners-on-a-roller-coaster-ride Let's save the world from boring elearning Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cathy Moore http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2009/04/send-your-learners-on-a-roller-coaster-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-13607 Cathy Moore Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:31:01 +0000 http://blog.cathy-moore.com/?p=509#comment-13607 Anders, the downhill parts reflect declining home prices, which don't necessarily mean a recession. Obviously, the animation would have to be part of a larger piece that puts it in context. It's just a way to make a change in data more experiential, and in this case it emphasizes the unrealistic and dramatic increase in US housing prices that occurred before the recent crash. Anders, the downhill parts reflect declining home prices, which don’t necessarily mean a recession. Obviously, the animation would have to be part of a larger piece that puts it in context. It’s just a way to make a change in data more experiential, and in this case it emphasizes the unrealistic and dramatic increase in US housing prices that occurred before the recent crash.

]]> By: Anders Bark http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2009/04/send-your-learners-on-a-roller-coaster-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-13605 Anders Bark Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:51:48 +0000 http://blog.cathy-moore.com/?p=509#comment-13605 The downhill parts (which are the highlight parts of a roller coaster ride) represent recessions, in this case? I think this is a good example of when creativity obscures instructional value. Or a violation of the coherence principle as Clark and Mayer would put it. Anyway, thanks for posting the video clip. It was fun to watch. The downhill parts (which are the highlight parts of a roller coaster ride) represent recessions, in this case? I think this is a good example of when creativity obscures instructional value. Or a violation of the coherence principle as Clark and Mayer would put it.

Anyway, thanks for posting the video clip. It was fun to watch.

]]> By: Cathy Moore http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2009/04/send-your-learners-on-a-roller-coaster-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-12929 Cathy Moore Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:44:13 +0000 http://blog.cathy-moore.com/?p=509#comment-12929 I agree that in its current form it's not very instructional. The dates do appear, but unfortunately they're hard to see because the YouTube logo was placed on top of them. The producer also offers a traditional chart of the data along with a lot of other discussion and information on his web site, so the roller coaster is only a part of the whole and a way to make the data more visceral. I agree that in its current form it’s not very instructional. The dates do appear, but unfortunately they’re hard to see because the YouTube logo was placed on top of them. The producer also offers a traditional chart of the data along with a lot of other discussion and information on his web site, so the roller coaster is only a part of the whole and a way to make the data more visceral.

]]> By: Susan Cloud http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2009/04/send-your-learners-on-a-roller-coaster-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-12928 Susan Cloud Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:39:05 +0000 http://blog.cathy-moore.com/?p=509#comment-12928 While this is a fun way to represent that data, it's not enough by itself. I don't know many learners who will watch this animation for 3:42 minutes, without some additional timeline information such as dates and relevant events that affected real estate prices. While this is a fun way to represent that data, it’s not enough by itself. I don’t know many learners who will watch this animation for 3:42 minutes, without some additional timeline information such as dates and relevant events that affected real estate prices.

]]> By: Karyn Romeis http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2009/04/send-your-learners-on-a-roller-coaster-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-12828 Karyn Romeis Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:43:06 +0000 http://blog.cathy-moore.com/?p=509#comment-12828 Sadly, I don't have a Mac, but this is fantastic! It needs some screams, though. Sadly, I don’t have a Mac, but this is fantastic! It needs some screams, though.

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