It is amazing how much we learn by experiences we encounter! During this course, we have discussed many issues regarding the development of online courses in terms of planning, reusability, interactivity, styles of e-learning and more. One topic that we have not talked about is color.
In observing a student teaching a lesson to a class on Monday night, I saw a great lesson on adjectives and adverbs. The student prepared a descriptive paragraph and color the adjectives and adverbs. All of the adjectives were type in red, and all of the adverbs were typed in blue. The students were asked to find things in common among the red words. At this point, I watched a student quickly begin asking questions to his partner. A few minutes later, we realized that the student was color-blind and couldn't identify which words were in red text.
Ah! How does this play into the development of online courses? I think it brings about a very important topic of which I need to consider when I develop an online course. To provide a little more insight on the topic, I would like to pass along a website that was sent to me. It provides suggestions from a gentleman who is colorblind.
Enjoy thinking about a new dimension of design that could help a student be more successful! http://particletree.com/features/interfaces-and-color-blindness
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Interesting post... I had a student last year who was colorblind. I did not know until a very embarassing moment when I thought he was just being "smart" with me when I had asked him a question regarding these color-coded graphs for domain and range. Thankfully, he was in good spirit and just laughed it off!
It definitely makes me think about my students more! Because it isn't something that I personally deal with, I found it very easy to overlook. However, this experience has caused me to think a little bit more about the conditions my students may have so that I can best prepare to meet their needs.
Thanks for sharing your story!
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