This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books.

It’s a video game style roller coaster ride, but the ups and downs of the ride are tied directly to housing prices, adjusted for inflation from the 1800s to 2006. 

When I speak of connectivism, I'm focusing on initial cracks of change where light is seen through the traditional wall of content, knowledge, and learning.

1. Audio feedback was perceived to be more effective than text-based feedback for conveying nuance; 2. Audio feedback was associated with feelings of increased involvement and enhanced learning community interactions; 3. Audio feedback was associated with increased retention of content; and 4. Audio feedback was associated with the perception that the instructor cared more about the student. Document analysis revealed that students were three times more likely to apply content for which audio commenting was provided in class projects than was the case for content for which text based commenting was provided. Audio commenting was also found to significantly increase the level at which students applied such content.

<strong>Users recognize each page as belonging to the site</strong>

<strong>Users can move about easily via intuitive navigation</strong>

<p>The most important thing to keep in mind is that design is about communication. If you create a web site that works and presents information well, but looks ugly or doesn't fit with the client's brand, no one will want to use it. Similarly, if you make a beautiful web site that isn't usable and <a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/%5C%22/glossary.php?q=A#term_61%5C%22" class="\&quot;glossary\&quot;" title="\&quot;Accessibility" deals="" with="" issues="" of="" making="" online="" content="" available="" for="" experience,="" enjoyment,="" and="" use="" by="" all="" visitors,="" including="" those="" who="" do="" not="" fit="" the="" standard="" &quot;web="" user&quot;="" mould.\="">accessible</a> <span class="tiny">[7]</span>, people may not be able to use it. Indeed, the elements and functionality of a finished web site design should work as a single cohesive unit, so that:</p> <p><strong>Users are pleased by the design but drawn to the content</strong></p>

to teach, you have to approach an issue from all directions, and then push it up against all pressure points — text, sound, images, video.&nbsp; Knowledge is a key, and the tumblers of the learners mind are nuanced.&nbsp; It takes many grooves that are precisely machined, to align ideas into knowledge.

Claroline is an <strong>Open Source eLearning and eWorking platform</strong> allowing organizations to build effective online courses and to manage learning and collaborative activities on the web. Translated into 35 languages, Claroline has a large worldwide users’ and developers’ community.