MIT 511: Multimedia Design and Development
MIT 511. Multimedia Design and Development (3). Focus on systems, communication, aesthetic and learning theories applicable to designing instructional products. Provides an overview of multimedia strategies and tactics using multimedia and instructional communication. Each student will demonstrate basic proficiencies across a wide spectrum of multimedia. Emphasis will be on visual, audio and typographic design as well as the appropriateness of these solutions for specific instructional goals. The use of advanced electronic technologies will also be emphasized.
Product
Context and Conditions
"The portfolio website" was completed in partial fulfillment of a course entitled: MIT 511. Multimedia Design and Development. Dr. Arnold Murdoch taught this course in the fall semester of 2006. The purpose of the site was to demonstrate my proficiencies with multimedia and Web design applications. This site highlights my understanding of visual design theory and multimedia learning theories. It also showcases my proficiency with the technical aspects of development. There were no external stakeholders for this project. It was created for the class and completed during one semester.
Scope
This project consists of several multimedia artifacts displayed in a portfolio website format. The artifacts were created with various graphics applications, such as Fireworks Photoshop, and Flash. The website itself was developed using Dreamweaver and Flash. Design theories such as Robin Williams CARP (consistency, alignment, repetition, and proximity) were used extensively during both design and development.
Role
Since this site was an individual project, I assumed all roles of design development and implementation. As the purpose of the class was to learn developer skills, I concentrated on learning and exercising the technical skills needed to be proficient in the Adobe Web design suite.
Reflection
As with classes in my first semester of MIT program, it serves as an interesting mile marker in my development. During this class I mostly focused on technical expertise in the development domain, highlighting my existing skills as well as my preconceptions of instructional design. I focused on the outcome or product of the development, rather than focusing on the management and process. As I moved through the program I worked more with management of teams and analysis/evaluation.