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aria-label="visualization (6 items)">visualization</a> </div> </div> <div class="js-ajax-frame"> <section class="post-list"> <h3>Recent posts</h3> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2014">5 Mar 2014</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">Gender role literacy: Girls in science?</a></h4> </div> <p>There are gender wars, and then there are casualties. It wasn’t until 2011 that the behemoth toymaker LEGO acknowledged girls’ desire to build with bricks, even though the company had long before made a seemingly effortless pivot to co-branding, video games, and major motion pictures. So it’s little wonder that girls face all-too-real obstacles when <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">Read more</a> </article> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2013">9 Dec 2013</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">Challenges of crowdsourcing: Analysis of Historypin</a></h4> </div> <p>Crowdsourcing can build virtual community, engage the public, and build large knowledge databases about science and culture. But what does it take, and how fast can you grow? For some insight, we look at a crowdsourced history site: Historypin is an appealing database of historical photos, with dates, locations, captions, and other metadata. It’s called History <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">Read more</a> </article> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2013">18 Nov 2013</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">Dinovember: Creative literacy starts young</a></h4> </div> <p>“Uh-oh,” Refe Tuma heard his girls whisper. “Mom and Dad are not going to like this.” It’s Dinovember, and his family’s plastic dinosaurs have been getting into mischief all month. Every year, Tuma and his wife devote the month of November to “convincing our children that, while they sleep, their plastic dinosaur figures come to life. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">Read more</a> </article> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <main role="main" id="main"><div id="twocolumns" class="full_width"> <div class="container default_page"> <div class="twocolumns-holder"> <section id="content" class="ajax-container"> <div class="title"> <h1>Category: Strategy</h1> </div> <div class="post-4375 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management category-strategy tag-community tag-crowdsourcing tag-culture tag-google-street-view tag-history tag-historypin tag-knowledge tag-maps tag-outreach tag-streetview tag-user-interface tag-web-2-0" id="post-4375"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/" rel="bookmark">Challenges of crowdsourcing: Analysis of Historypin</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/" rel="bookmark">December 9th, 2013</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4405" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screen-Shot-2013-12-09-at-1.14.21-AM-132x150.png" alt="Historypin globe" width="132" height="150" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screen-Shot-2013-12-09-at-1.14.21-AM-132x150.png 132w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screen-Shot-2013-12-09-at-1.14.21-AM.png 140w" sizes="(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px" />Crowdsourcing can build virtual community, engage the public, and build large knowledge databases about science and culture. But what does it take, and how fast can you grow?</p> <p><img class="alignleft wp-image-4388 size-medium" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screen-Shot-2013-12-08-at-7.54.05-PM-240x61.png" alt="Historypin logo" width="240" height="61" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screen-Shot-2013-12-08-at-7.54.05-PM-240x61.png 240w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screen-Shot-2013-12-08-at-7.54.05-PM-150x38.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screen-Shot-2013-12-08-at-7.54.05-PM.png 252w" sizes="(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" />For some insight, we look at a crowdsourced history site: <a href="http://www.historypin.com">Historypin</a> is an appealing database of historical photos, with dates, locations, captions, and other metadata. It’s called History “<strong>pin”</strong> because the photos are pinned on a map. (See recent article about <a title="Changes over time, in photos and maps" href="http://www.idea.org/blog/2013/08/21/changes-over-time-in-photos-and-maps/">Changes over time, in photos and maps</a>.) Some locations have photos from multiple dates, showing how a place has changed over time, or cross-referenced with Google Maps StreetView. Currently, Historypin has 308k items, from 51k users, and 1.4k institutions. This is a graph of pins over the last three years: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/#more-4375" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Challenges of crowdsourcing: Analysis of Historypin">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/community/" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/crowdsourcing/" rel="tag">Crowdsourcing</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/culture/" rel="tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google-street-view/" rel="tag">Google Street View</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/history/" rel="tag">history</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/historypin/" rel="tag">Historypin</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/knowledge/" rel="tag">knowledge</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/maps/" rel="tag">maps</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/outreach/" rel="tag">outreach</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/streetview/" rel="tag">StreetView</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/user-interface/" rel="tag">user interface</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/web-2-0/" rel="tag">Web 2.0</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-4210 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning category-strategy tag-africa tag-classroom tag-education tag-free tag-higher-education tag-learning-2 tag-massive-open-online-course tag-mobile tag-mooc tag-online-course" id="post-4210"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/29/online-courses-for-developing-the-developing-world/" rel="bookmark">Online courses for developing the developing world</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/29/online-courses-for-developing-the-developing-world/" rel="bookmark">July 29th, 2013</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4228" alt="Bangladesh laptop user" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Screen-Shot-2013-07-29-at-4.17.13-PM-150x98.png" width="150" height="98" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Screen-Shot-2013-07-29-at-4.17.13-PM-150x98.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Screen-Shot-2013-07-29-at-4.17.13-PM.png 235w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Online education can have a real impact in the developing world. Last week, we needed to hire a programmer for a small freelance job. To my surprise, several candidates advertised they had completed programming <a title="Lessons to be learned from MOOCs, 2 years out" href="http://www.idea.org/blog/2013/04/22/lessons-to-be-learned-from-moocs-2-years-out/">MOOCs</a>. These were young programmers in their 20’s, in countries like Pakistan and Thailand, who lacked college-level coursework, but are trying to launch freelancing careers based on online courses.</p> <p>Online courses and MOOCs may be a poor substitute for in-person learning with a charismatic teacher, but they are light-years better than nothing, and are particularly relevant for higher education and specific skills, when students are self-motivated. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/29/online-courses-for-developing-the-developing-world/#more-4210" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Online courses for developing the developing world">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/29/online-courses-for-developing-the-developing-world/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/africa/" rel="tag">Africa</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/classroom/" rel="tag">classroom</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/free/" rel="tag">free</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/higher-education/" rel="tag">higher education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/learning-2/" rel="tag">learning</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/massive-open-online-course/" rel="tag">Massive open online course</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mooc/" rel="tag">MOOC</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-course/" rel="tag">online course</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-4190 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-communications category-strategy tag-nasa tag-navigation tag-online-surveys" id="post-4190"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/01/nasa-boldly-redesigns-web-site-for-2005/" rel="bookmark">NASA boldly redesigns web site for 2005</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/01/nasa-boldly-redesigns-web-site-for-2005/" rel="bookmark">July 1st, 2013</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-4196" alt="NASA Logo" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Screen-Shot-2013-07-01-at-11.01.24-AM.png" width="124" height="111" />NASA redesigned <a href="http://www.nasa.gov">their web site</a>, with a magnificent failure of design by committee. It is a failure of content (eliminated the most interesting details about the science and engineering), a failure of organization (poorly consolidated types of content, such as multimedia and interactive features), and failure of implementation (site does not resize for small-screen smart phones, and failed to make popup menus work correctly on tablets). <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/01/nasa-boldly-redesigns-web-site-for-2005/#more-4190" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading NASA boldly redesigns web site for 2005">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/communications/" rel="category tag">Communication</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/01/nasa-boldly-redesigns-web-site-for-2005/#comments">3 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/nasa/" rel="tag">NASA</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/navigation/" rel="tag">navigation</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-surveys/" rel="tag">surveys</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-4153 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning category-strategy tag-access tag-distance-education tag-free tag-higher-education tag-interactivity-2 tag-learning-2 tag-mooc tag-online-course" id="post-4153"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/04/22/lessons-to-be-learned-from-moocs-2-years-out/" rel="bookmark">Lessons to be learned from MOOCs, 2 years out</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/04/22/lessons-to-be-learned-from-moocs-2-years-out/" rel="bookmark">April 22nd, 2013</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-4154 alignright" alt="Two Cheers for Web U!" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-22-at-2.10.16-PM-150x135.png" width="150" height="135" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-22-at-2.10.16-PM-150x135.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-22-at-2.10.16-PM.png 159w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Online courses with very large enrollments have rapidly matured in the last two years, led largely by experiments outside mainstream academia by <a href="https://www.coursera.org/">Coursera</a>, <a href="https://www.udacity.com/">Udacity</a> and <a href="https://www.edx.org/">edX</a>. Ambitious educators, technologists, and funders have created courses on diverse topics, and over five million students worldwide have registered for classes. And 3% have completed the courses. What can we learn? <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/04/22/lessons-to-be-learned-from-moocs-2-years-out/#more-4153" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Lessons to be learned from MOOCs, 2 years out">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/04/22/lessons-to-be-learned-from-moocs-2-years-out/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/distance-education/" rel="tag">distance education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/free/" rel="tag">free</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/higher-education/" rel="tag">higher education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/interactivity-2/" rel="tag">interactivity</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/learning-2/" rel="tag">learning</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mooc/" rel="tag">MOOC</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-course/" rel="tag">online course</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2855 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management category-strategy tag-access tag-citizen-science tag-crowdfunding tag-funding tag-fundraising tag-indiegogo tag-innovation tag-kickstarter tag-outreach tag-outsourcing tag-volunteer" id="post-2855"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/02/19/what-is-crowdsourcing-and-how-does-it-apply-to-outreach/" rel="bookmark">What is Crowdsourcing? And how does it apply to outreach?</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/02/19/what-is-crowdsourcing-and-how-does-it-apply-to-outreach/" rel="bookmark">February 19th, 2013</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="size-full wp-image-4143 alignright" alt="Crowdsourcing" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Screen-Shot-2013-02-19-at-1.48.10-AM.png" width="103" height="102" />Crowdsourcing means involving a lot of people in small pieces of a project. In educational and nonprofit outreach, crowdsourcing is a form of engagement, such as participating in an online course, collecting photos of butterflies for a citizen-science project, uploading old photos for a community history project, deciphering sentences from old scanned manuscripts, playing protein folding games to help scientists discover new ways to fight diseases, or participating in online discussions. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/02/19/what-is-crowdsourcing-and-how-does-it-apply-to-outreach/#more-2855" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading What is Crowdsourcing? And how does it apply to outreach?">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/02/19/what-is-crowdsourcing-and-how-does-it-apply-to-outreach/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/citizen-science/" rel="tag">Citizen science</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/crowdfunding/" rel="tag">crowdfunding</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/funding/" rel="tag">funding</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/fundraising/" rel="tag">fundraising</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/indiegogo/" rel="tag">IndieGogo</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/innovation/" rel="tag">innovation</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/kickstarter/" rel="tag">Kickstarter</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/outreach/" rel="tag">outreach</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/outsourcing/" rel="tag">outsourcing</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/volunteer/" rel="tag">volunteer</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3968 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-communications category-strategy tag-community tag-hashtags tag-outreach tag-twitter" id="post-3968"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/29/30-popular-twitter-hashtags-for-education-and-outreach/" rel="bookmark">30 popular Twitter #hashtags for education and outreach</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/29/30-popular-twitter-hashtags-for-education-and-outreach/" rel="bookmark">October 29th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3976" title="hashtags" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-27-at-4.51.31-PM-150x42.png" alt="" width="150" height="42" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-27-at-4.51.31-PM-150x42.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-27-at-4.51.31-PM.png 166w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Twitter hashtags are useful for promoting your projects, learning about new topics, and discovering trends. But what hashtags to use? We’ve analyzed usage patterns for <em>over a thousand</em> hashtags used in education and outreach, and give you the best. Even if you are active on Twitter, some will be familiar to you, and some will be new.</p> <p>List of the best hashtags for education and outreach<em>… <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/29/30-popular-twitter-hashtags-for-education-and-outreach/#more-3968" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading 30 popular Twitter #hashtags for education and outreach">(more…)</span></a></em></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/communications/" rel="category tag">Communication</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/29/30-popular-twitter-hashtags-for-education-and-outreach/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/community/" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/hashtags/" rel="tag">hashtags</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/outreach/" rel="tag">outreach</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/twitter/" rel="tag">Twitter</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3714 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-strategy tag-access tag-android tag-apps tag-ios tag-iphone tag-itunes tag-mobile-phone tag-museum tag-smartphone tag-social-media-2 tag-online-surveys" id="post-3714"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/04/16/museums-still-ignoring-mobile-especially-small-museums/" rel="bookmark">Museums still ignoring mobile, especially small museums</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/04/16/museums-still-ignoring-mobile-especially-small-museums/" rel="bookmark">April 16th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright" title="Who is making museum apps?" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-16-at-1.10.52-PM.png" alt="" width="325" height="174" />The vast majority of museums are totally ignoring mobile apps.</p> <p>At present, ~350 iPhone apps have been actually created by museums. Of those, only one out of ten was created by a U.S. museum (the rest are non-U.S.). The other 760 iPhone apps matching “museum” in their title or description were created by travel and culture publishers, most of which are poor quality.</p> <p>These pathetic numbers ignore smartphone reality. In the U.S. alone, <a href="http://www.asymco.com/2012/04/11/when-will-smartphones-reach-saturation-in-the-us/">half of all</a> mobile phone customers now have smartphones, and there will soon be <a href="http://www.asymco.com/2012/03/07/the-unrelenting-trends-in-the-us-smartphone-market/">1 million</a> new smartphone (smartphones run apps) subscribers a week. This will be virtually <a href="http://www.asymco.com/2012/04/11/when-will-smartphones-reach-saturation-in-the-us/">all U.S. households in 5-7 years.</a> Currently, Android and iOS are the two main app platforms. Numbers in Europe are similar. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/04/16/museums-still-ignoring-mobile-especially-small-museums/#more-3714" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Museums still ignoring mobile, especially small museums">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/04/16/museums-still-ignoring-mobile-especially-small-museums/#comments">8 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/android/" rel="tag">Android</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/apps/" rel="tag">apps</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ios/" rel="tag">iOS</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/iphone/" rel="tag">iPhone</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/itunes/" rel="tag">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile-phone/" rel="tag">mobile phone</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/museum/" rel="tag">museum</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/smartphone/" rel="tag">smartphone</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/social-media-2/" rel="tag">social media</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-surveys/" rel="tag">surveys</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3672 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-strategy" id="post-3672"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/03/16/experimenting-with-a-kickstarter-new-thesaurus-app-for-ipad/" rel="bookmark">New Thesaurus app for iPad launched, without Kickstarter</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/03/16/experimenting-with-a-kickstarter-new-thesaurus-app-for-ipad/" rel="bookmark">March 16th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright wp-image-3673" title="KickStarter: Inexpensive visual thesaurus app to inspire love of words" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-Shot-2012-03-16-at-10.04.09-AM-300x224.png" alt="" width="240" height="179" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-Shot-2012-03-16-at-10.04.09-AM-300x224.png 300w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-Shot-2012-03-16-at-10.04.09-AM-150x112.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-Shot-2012-03-16-at-10.04.09-AM.png 574w" sizes="(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" />IDEA is in the planning stages of a new project, to create a new thesaurus app for the iPad. As an experiment, we investigated whether “crowd funding” is a viable way to fund new educational apps. Our Kickstarter project was not funded, but we are still making the app!</p> <p>Here’s some information about our Kickstarter experiment. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/03/16/experimenting-with-a-kickstarter-new-thesaurus-app-for-ipad/#more-3672" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading New Thesaurus app for iPad launched, without Kickstarter">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/03/16/experimenting-with-a-kickstarter-new-thesaurus-app-for-ipad/#comments">3 Comments</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3248 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning category-strategy tag-access tag-classroom tag-community tag-distance-education tag-education tag-gamification tag-higher-education tag-learning-2 tag-mobile tag-museum tag-online-course tag-teaching tag-virtual-school" id="post-3248"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/11/what-is-an-online-course/" rel="bookmark">What is an online course?</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/11/what-is-an-online-course/" rel="bookmark">January 11th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3335" title="Online course robot" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-06-at-12.51.19-PM.png" alt="" width="121" height="142" /></p> <p>“The debate about which is better, face-to-face learning or online learning is fast becoming obsolete,” says <a href="http://learningdesign.psu.edu/index.php/section/staff/jennifer_berghage">Jennifer Berghage</a>, an instructional designer at Pennsylvania State University. The common goal is that “an online course should be, above all, <em>engaging</em>, so that the learner enjoys the learning and is able to not only assimilate it but retain it and apply it.”</p> <p>Online courses are revolutionizing formal education, and have opened a new genre of outreach on cultural and scientific topics. These courses deliver a series of lessons to a web browser or mobile device, to be conveniently accessed anytime, anyplace. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/11/what-is-an-online-course/#more-3248" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading What is an online course?">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/11/what-is-an-online-course/#comments">8 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/classroom/" rel="tag">classroom</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/community/" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/distance-education/" rel="tag">distance education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/gamification/" rel="tag">Gamification</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/higher-education/" rel="tag">higher education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/learning-2/" rel="tag">learning</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/museum/" rel="tag">museum</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-course/" rel="tag">online course</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/teaching/" rel="tag">teaching</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/virtual-school/" rel="tag">Virtual school</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3121 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management category-strategy tag-access tag-apps tag-costs tag-evaluation tag-study tag-online-surveys tag-usability-testing" id="post-3121"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/10/24/usability-and-user-experience-testing-options/" rel="bookmark">Usability and user experience testing options (vendor list)</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/10/24/usability-and-user-experience-testing-options/" rel="bookmark">October 24th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3141" title="Screen Shot 2011-10-24 at 12.08.08 PM" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Screen-Shot-2011-10-24-at-12.08.08-PM.png" alt="" width="210" height="134" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Screen-Shot-2011-10-24-at-12.08.08-PM.png 210w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Screen-Shot-2011-10-24-at-12.08.08-PM-150x95.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px" />What was once prohibitively complex and expensive can now be done inexpensively with online testing services. Testing will uncover problems that are confusing for your audience. Here’s a list of vendors to start your research process, and some suggestions.</p> <p><strong>Three suggestions</strong></p> <p>For a real-world example on a recent project, designer Ben Snyder <a href="https://betteruserexperience.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/choosing-the-right-user-testing-tools-for-the-job/">said</a> on his blog, “the purpose of the user test is to get feedback about the new design to understand if there are any parts of the website that are confusing to users, and to test the site for hidden bugs that might prevent a user from getting the information they need” or prevent them from completing actions on the site. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/10/24/usability-and-user-experience-testing-options/#more-3121" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Usability and user experience testing options (vendor list)">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/10/24/usability-and-user-experience-testing-options/#comments">10 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/apps/" rel="tag">apps</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/costs/" rel="tag">costs</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/evaluation/" rel="tag">evaluation</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/study/" rel="tag">study</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-surveys/" rel="tag">surveys</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/usability-testing/" rel="tag">usability testing</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="navigation pagination" role="navigation"> <h2 class="screen-reader-text">Posts navigation</h2> <div class="nav-links"><span aria-current='page' class='page-numbers current'>1</span> <a class='page-numbers' href='https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/page/2/'>2</a> <span class="page-numbers dots">…</span> <a class='page-numbers' href='https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/page/5/'>5</a> <a class="next page-numbers" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/page/2/">Next page</a></div> </nav> </section> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer id="footer"> <div class="container"> <nav class="page-nav"> <ul> <li id="menu-item-4498" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-4498"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4497" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4497"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/about/">Mission & history</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4499" class="popup menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-4499"><a title="popup" class="js-btn-show-popups" href="#wrapper">Browse topics</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4666" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4666"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/contact/">Contact IDEA</a></li> <li>Copyright © 2024 <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog">IDEA</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </footer> </div> <script type='text/javascript'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var wpcf7 = {"apiSettings":{"root":"https:\/\/www.idea.org\/blog\/wp-json\/contact-form-7\/v1","namespace":"contact-form-7\/v1"},"cached":"1"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/scripts.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/themes/ideaorg/js/jquery.main.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js'></script> </body>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-Y68B45MT0H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-Y68B45MT0H'); </script> </html>