Prentice Hall

About: Prentice Hall is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Rubric & Graphic design. The organization has 2 authors who have published 2 publications receiving 342 citations.

How to structure online discussions for meaningful discourse: a case study

Abstract: This study examined the impact of structuredness of asynchronous online discussion protocols and evaluation rubrics on meaningful discourse. Transcripts of twelve online discussions involving 87 participants from four sections of a graduate course entitled Instructional Technology Foundations and Learning Theory were analysed across four semesters. Protocols and evaluation rubrics guiding online discussions in this course ranged from minimal structure or loosely defined protocols in the first section, to high sructure or well defined and comprehensive protocols and evaluation criteria in the fourth section. The analyses revealed that some elements of structure had a significant impact on meaningful discourse. Particularly, guidelines that assisted the facilitation and evaluation of online discussions increased the cognitive quality of student postings promoting a deeper and more meaningful understanding of course content.

Philip Meggs and Richard Hollis: Models of Graphic Design History

Abstract: The field of graphic design history was shaped by Philip Meggs's pioneering 1983 publication of A History of Graphic Design. With Richard Hollis's Concise History of Graphic Design, Meggs's book has continued to serve as a primary text for reference and teaching. This article considers the intellectual foundations of Meggs's and Hollis's approach by reflecting on the way each author models the fundamental elements of their study: scope and concepts of history, ideas of the designer and the definition of graphic design. By exposing the assumptions on which each of these fundamental texts is based, this article offers a provocative opportunity for the field of graphic design history to make a methodological (as well as content-specific) contribution to study of visual culture. Drucker examines each book within the traditions of scholarly and critical publishing on which it drew, placing Meggs and Hollis within the discourses of graphic arts and visual communication: languages of form, history of pri...