{"id":316,"date":"2014-07-22T09:21:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T09:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/eltt\/?p=316"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:46:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:46:58","slug":"online-content-and-power-of-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/online-content-and-power-of-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Power of three and planning online content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Catherine Emmett<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s long been considered that there are many interesting things that come in threes. Throughout history, in just about every area of life, people have shared knowledge about the power of three. Here&#8217;s a few examples.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English Literature: the &#8216;rule of three&#8217; is used to make a powerful impact in writing; it&#8217;s been said to have been used in novels, films, even political rhetoric (<a href=\"http:\/\/ctwesting.com\/2012\/11\/15\/the-rule-of-three\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Westing<\/a>, 2012).<\/li>\n<li>Maths: the number three itself is the only integer which is both equal to the sum of the previous two integers, i.e. 1+2=3, and also whose sum equals the product, i.e. 1+2+3=6 <em>and<\/em> 1x2x3=6. (Thanks to pal @MrSimonWood, former Maths teacher, for <a title=\"Storify conversation on the number three\" href=\"http:\/\/sfy.co\/emcS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">checking up on this<\/a>!)<\/li>\n<li>Anatomy: patterns of three exist in the human body; we have three phalanges (bones) in each finger (<a href=\"http:\/\/classes.kumc.edu\/sah\/resources\/handkines\/bone\/phalanges.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Kansas Medical Centre<\/a>, 1997), three primary layers of skin to protect us, the epidermis, dermis and subcutis (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.patient.co.uk\/doctor\/dermatological-descriptive-terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patient.co.uk<\/a>, 2011), and our DNA nucleotides are made up of three components, a phosphate molecule, sugar molecule and nitrogenous base (<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.le.ac.uk\/departments\/genetics\/vgec\/schoolscolleges\/topics\/dna-genes-chromosomes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Leicester<\/a>, 2014).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that&#8217;s not to mention, the many classic groupings of three in entertainment like the &#8220;Three Tenors&#8221; (Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo), &#8220;The Good, the Bad and the Ugly&#8221; (Eastwood, Van Cleef, Wallach), and the most famous Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico). My favourite line* of the latter, by the way is this.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;One morning, I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. How he got in my pyjamas I don&#8217;t know.&#8221; (Groucho, Animal Crackers, 1930).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But what&#8217;s all this got to do with online content? Well, it so happens there are also three important foundational factors when planning the use of online multimedia learning content.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/eltt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2014\/07\/triangle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"337\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/online-content-and-power-of-three\/triangle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2014\/07\/triangle.png\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1062\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"triangle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2014\/07\/triangle-1024x849.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-337 aligncenter\" alt=\"triangle representing the three foundational factors of planning online learning, accessibility, copyright and delivery.\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/eltt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2014\/07\/triangle-300x248.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2014\/07\/triangle-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2014\/07\/triangle-1024x849.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2014\/07\/triangle-624x517.png 624w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2014\/07\/triangle.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve covered the first two factors somewhat before on the ELTT blog, namely <a title=\"Confused about Copyright?\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/eltt\/2014\/06\/21\/confused-about-copyright\/\">copyright<\/a> and <a title=\"Thinking small: 3 tips for mobile learning\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/eltt\/2014\/07\/04\/3-tips-mobile-learning\/\">(mobile) delivery<\/a>. But, we haven&#8217;t yet covered the third, which is accessibility.<\/p>\n<h3>Finding out about accessibility<\/h3>\n<p>Accessibility is important because we need to be inclusive of all our students and in fact UK legislation requires it.\u00a0What that means when delivering online learning content is making sure to make &#8216;reasonable adjustments&#8217; for students with a disability. (To help with this somewhat, there are now in fact <a title=\"click to open JISC news item on copyright and disabled learners\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/news\/disabled-learners-celebrate-changes-to-copyright-law-02-jun-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new laws in relation to disabled learners and the use of copyright materials<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>To find out about how to deal the basics of accessibility, and some tips on &#8216;reasonable adjustments&#8217; and what to think about for planning online learning, I&#8217;ve created a short interactive presentation.\u00a0Look, learn and feel free to share!<\/p>\n<p>You can find this <a href=\"https:\/\/learningcentral.cf.ac.uk\/bbcswebdav\/institution\/Learning%20Central%20Support\/WorkshopResources\/Accessibility\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">presentation on the basics of accessibility here<\/a>\u00a0(HTML).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.714285714\">* What&#8217;s your favourite Marx Brothers quote? Comments below if you feel like it!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Catherine Emmett It's long been considered that there are many interesting things that come in threes. 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