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		<title>By: Anders</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anders</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great insights, Denise!  I can see the Book of the Future ad now: 



&lt;blockquote&gt;Want to not forget this book as soon as you&#039;ve put it down (like you did after all those tests you crammed for)?  Join our online discussion forum about the book, and share and discuss your thoughts about it with the author and other readers. Oh, and don&#039;t forget to join the book wiki, where you can participate with the author in writing  the next edition of this book.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great insights, Denise!  I can see the Book of the Future ad now: </p>
<blockquote><p>Want to not forget this book as soon as you&#8217;ve put it down (like you did after all those tests you crammed for)?  Join our online discussion forum about the book, and share and discuss your thoughts about it with the author and other readers. Oh, and don&#8217;t forget to join the book wiki, where you can participate with the author in writing  the next edition of this book.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: Denise Shanks</title>
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		<dc:creator>Denise Shanks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anders, I also took part in the usability testing of Rosenfeld Media&#039;s book and found it to be a fascinating exercise, even though my perspective is someone from inside the book industry having work in both print media and digital media. 

Before sitting down to do the usability test, I didn&#039;t realize that I knew that much about book design and its conventions. Some of the existing book design conventions, such as layout of things like where page numbers, headings, and design of figures for example, are quite standardized, and I would say, great from a behavioral design perspective. 

However, I agree fully that the &quot;book of the future&quot; is going to occur off the page and into the online world. I think the wiki is a great idea. It reminds me of Michael Wesch&#039;s IDEA presentation last week. I&#039;d call it 21st Century Learning -- the physical book combined with an online space in which ideas/content are freely exchanged and developed along different lines, dictated by users.

Many cognitive psychologists have long known that real learning occurs when knowledge is 1. non-linear and 2. requires people to take one piece of information and apply it in a different context (the bigger the context leap, the better).  It is the very antithesis of our current educational set-up in which information is presented in a linear (i.e. lecture, book) structure and then information is applied on tests for only that particular class, and then quickly forgotten.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anders, I also took part in the usability testing of Rosenfeld Media&#8217;s book and found it to be a fascinating exercise, even though my perspective is someone from inside the book industry having work in both print media and digital media. </p>
<p>Before sitting down to do the usability test, I didn&#8217;t realize that I knew that much about book design and its conventions. Some of the existing book design conventions, such as layout of things like where page numbers, headings, and design of figures for example, are quite standardized, and I would say, great from a behavioral design perspective. </p>
<p>However, I agree fully that the &#8220;book of the future&#8221; is going to occur off the page and into the online world. I think the wiki is a great idea. It reminds me of Michael Wesch&#8217;s IDEA presentation last week. I&#8217;d call it 21st Century Learning &#8212; the physical book combined with an online space in which ideas/content are freely exchanged and developed along different lines, dictated by users.</p>
<p>Many cognitive psychologists have long known that real learning occurs when knowledge is 1. non-linear and 2. requires people to take one piece of information and apply it in a different context (the bigger the context leap, the better).  It is the very antithesis of our current educational set-up in which information is presented in a linear (i.e. lecture, book) structure and then information is applied on tests for only that particular class, and then quickly forgotten.</p>
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		<title>By: Anders</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anders</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Lou - I really enjoyed taking part in this - it really offered a new perspective on usability testing.  And I definitely hope that my feedback will prove useful as you move forward with the book design.  Can&#039;t wait to see the final product myself!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Lou &#8211; I really enjoyed taking part in this &#8211; it really offered a new perspective on usability testing.  And I definitely hope that my feedback will prove useful as you move forward with the book design.  Can&#8217;t wait to see the final product myself!</p>
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		<title>By: Lou Rosenfeld</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lou Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anders, I couldn&#039;t have put it better myself. ;-)

Of course, I&#039;m dying to learn how well we matched your expectations.  I guess I&#039;ll find out soon enough...

Thanks so much for participating!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anders, I couldn&#8217;t have put it better myself. ;-)</p>
<p>Of course, I&#8217;m dying to learn how well we matched your expectations.  I guess I&#8217;ll find out soon enough&#8230;</p>
<p>Thanks so much for participating!</p>
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