Twitter Learning Session @Kern
Formally using Informal Learning - An initiative
As a learning solutions company, we emphasize a lot on internal learning and training sessions. Typically we allocate 1-2 days a week of 1.5 hrs each to these sessions. One among us presents the session and we have a discussion around it. People find these sessions extremely valuable as a lot of learning and sharing happens during the sessions.
Over time, there have been certain challenges in driving the sessions. Most of our people are very active on the web; they blog, tweet, are on Facebook, part of groups on LinkedIn and are active contributors as well. This means that people are mostly clued in about the latest developments around them and construct their own learning. On the other hand, there have been some logistical challenges with people working from multiple locations with multiple project timelines and finding it difficult to set aside a common learning time. The third challenge was to bring multi-disciplinary people on the same plane with respect to the nature of the sessions.
All these triggered us to think beyond! We decided to experiment with Twitter learning. Since 90% of us have Twitter accounts, we started our first learning session with the #KernLearn. The formal part of the learning was an email sent to all announcing this initiative and urging people to share their Twitter accounts. We also set aside some guidelines in terms of how to use # tag and announced the theme of the session - “Do IDs with visual design skills design better learning?”
Since the intent was to help people learn and share, people took time to look for information, tweet queries, read up links, research online, and share their experiences. The sessions gathered momentum as professionals from the industry joined-in to contribute. It was heartening to hear one of our new joinees say that she had learned a lot about visualization in just one day than what she had over the years - a good start I must say! We hope to continue with #KernLearn once a week.
The key learning from the Twitter session:
1. IDs must have skills in visualizing information.
2. Visual design skills mean basic understanding of the design laws and principles.
3. Graphic designers should also understand instructional design principles to add value to visual design.
4. Good IDs are like architects. Like architects they must know about building materials, where to use them etc along with creating a detailed blueprint.
4. Good IDs have better productivity
5. Good IDs must understand Gestalt’s Laws, Color Theory, Basic Typography, Laws of Composition, & Visual Hierarchy.
6. Good IDs must understand Typography: Readability, Legibility, Para Alignment, Leading, Indents, Widow & Orphans, Type Selection.
7. They must understand what is Affordance along with Visual Composition: Point and range of view, rhythm, harmony, balance, and contrast
#KernLearn Twitter Transcript (Feb 09, 2010)
geetabose 1. Do IDs with visual design skills design better learning? Any instances that you can share? #KernLearn
aanteladda RT @geetabose: 1. Do IDs with visual design skills design better learning? Any instances that you can share? #KernLearn
chneels RT @geetabose: 1. Do IDs with visual design skills design better learning? Any instances that you can share? #KernLearn
partvinu #KernLearn . Yes, knowledge of heat areas. the knowledge of visual elements help the IDs to sustain interest of learners
chneels I second Partha, also IDs and GDs co-ordination in visualization helps GDs to understand what is exactly needed where.#KernLearn
rnarchana @geetabose 1. Visual design skills = Basic design laws/principles & ability 2 visualize a concept. Design layouts?select images? #KernLearn
rnarchana @chneels An ID shld B able 2 ’see’ their screen as a learner wld. Meaning IDs must B able 2 visualize how things must B presented #KernLearn
mutechords @geetabose I have spend upto 6 hrs explaining a VD about a flow chart (i took 3 days to comprehend it myself)..wish was skilled #KernLearn
rnarchana 1. ID w/ design skills doesnt mean work of a GD/ VD. Means clarity in the mind of the ID. GDs & VDs bring it 2 life; build on it #KernLearn
mutechords @geetabose ID know the probabilities and possibilities of better designs but cant explain to a VD/GD using terms they understand #KernLearn
partvinu #KernLearn Probably GDs should also know bit about the basics of learning design vs only visual design
chneels Eg:ID visual skills would be getting an image that is most relevant to the content, GD enhances the look and feel of the image.#KernLearn
chneels If thr is 2 much of content to be put in a sngl pg, both ID & GD pitch in to display essential content in best way possible.#KernLearn
rnarchana 1. ID shld B able 2 decide the visual hierarchy of the screen. wht shld B given most prominence & wht shld B emphasized. #KernLearn
chneels RT @rnarchana: 1. ID shld B able 2 decide the visual hierarchy of the screen. wht shld B given most prominence & wht shld B emphasized. #KernLearn
rnarchana @chneels If the ID had VD skills, there will never be too much content on a screen. What say? #KernLearn
chneels RT @rnarchana: @chneels If the ID had VD skills, there will never be too much content on a screen. What say? #KernLearn
partvinu #KernLearn A picture speaks thousand words
chneels @rnarchana: I agree. Thats why, both ID and GD can to sit together & visualize the content. #KernLearn
geetabose @Spaulie Equating ID to an architect, more detailed the blueprint, better is the quality of construction! #KernLearn
rnarchana RT @geetabose: @Spaulie Equating ID to an architect, more detailed the blueprint, better is the quality of construction! #KernLearn
partvinu #KernLearn http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html#
mutechords @geetabose But architect needs to know abt d blding materials, & where to use them along with listing them in d blueprint, right? #KernLearn
partvinu #KernLearn http://www.visual-literacy.org/pages/documents.htm
partvinu #KernLearn http://www.visual-literacy.org/stairs_of_viz/stairs_of_viz.html
geetabose RT @rnarchana: ID shld plan the visual hierarchy of screen| ID shud identify type of screen layout - txt, grafix, or mix of both #KernLearn
geetabose #KernLearn RT @Spaulie: @partvinu show and tell 
Good IDs create better SBs -> Better Productivity. A quick example: http://bit.ly/buDCnB
rnarchana Gr8 example RT @geetabose: #KernLearn Good IDs create better SBs -> Better Productivity. A quick example: http://bit.ly/buDCnB
rnarchana Managed to dig out some great resources: Check out the storyboard prototypes http://bit.ly/cUlfVS If an ID can do this… #KernLearn
sumeet_moghe via @geetabose: #KernLearn Good IDs create better SBs -> Better Productivity. A quick example: http://bit.ly/buDCnB
ripul #KernLearn Good IDs must understand Gestalt’s Laws, Color Theory, Basic Typography, Laws of Composition, & Visual Hierarchy.
ruparajgo RT @rnarchana: Managed to dig out some great resources: Check out the storyboard prototypes http://bit.ly/cUlfVS If an ID can do this… #KernLearn
rnarchana RT @ripul: #KernLearn Good IDs must understand Gestalt’s Laws, Color Theory, Basic Typography, Laws of Composition, & Visual Hierarchy.
rnarchana @ripul YES SIR! #KernLearn 
on a seriours note, i completely agree. Having all those design sessions at Kern really helps! Lets have more!
ruparajgo Interesting discussion @ #KernLearn. Good visualization = Good storyboard
rnarchana @sumeet_moghe #KernLearn True. We usually include the whole design team during brainstorming (macro and micro) helps a lot!
ripul #kernlearn Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization: 1. Similarity 2. Simplicity/Pragnanz 3. Proximity 4. Continuity 5. Closure
rnarchana RT @ripul: #kernlearn Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization: 1. Similarity 2. Simplicity/Pragnanz 3. Proximity 4. Continuity 5. Closure
arman_77 RT @chneels: @rnarchana: I agree. Thats why, both ID and GD can to sit together & visualize the content. #KernLearn
arman_77 #KernLearn @chneels Why do we need both ID and GD for visualizing? Anyways, a lot of big copms have separate dept for visualization..
ripul #kernlearn Color Theory 1: Additive & Subtractive Clr; Tint & Shade; Hue, Value, Chroma; Clr Wheel: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary clr
ripul #kernlearn Color Theory 2: Complementary & Analogous/Supplementary clrs, monochrome, split complementary, double complementary, Triad
ripul #kernlearn Color Theory 3: Color contrast is an imp part of color theory. IDs & GDs must understand Itten’s 7 contrasts.
ripul #kernlearn Visual Composition: Point and range of view, rhythm, harmony, balace, and contrast
yatsat A quick resource for http://bit.ly/cd1E9i RT @ripul #kernlearn Color Theory 1: Additive & Subtractive Clr; Tint & Shade; Hue, Value, Chroma
yatsat A quick resource http://bit.ly/9CXJ0G RT @ripul Color Theory 1:Clr Wheel: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary clr #kernlearn
yatsat qck resource http://bit.ly/adTvRf RT @ripul #kernlearn Color Theory 2: Comp & Analogous/Suplemtry, monochrome,split comp, double comp, Triad
ripul #kernlearn Typography: Readability, Legibility, Para Alignment, Leading, Indents, Widow & Orphans, Type Selection.
geetabose AFFORDANCE! http://bit.ly/db9NjT RT @ripul: #KernLearn Visual Composition: Point and range of view, rhythm, harmony, balance, and contrast
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