Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Information/Instructional design

Saul Carliner defines information design as:
"Information design is the visual method of explaining and interpreting complex information and data to help the user achieve a particular objective"

This is the practice of gathering, filtering, and presenting information in accordance with effective design principles in order to understand and communicate to others the meaning of that information.
Instructional design looks at the practice of creating instructional tools and content to help make learning easier.This process consist of determining the current state and needs of the user, finding the end goal of instructions and creating involvement to help the transition.

Here is a video about information design:


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