Hi all,

Linked is the updated floe narrative mocked up in the floe site. Let me know if 
you have any feedback.

Thanks!
Joanna


On Mar 27, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Dana Ayotte <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey Joanna,
> 
> Yes, this is looking good!  I have a few comments as well.
> 
> I agree with Colin about "starters" being unclear and I like your suggestion 
> Colin.
> 
> Regarding the image, I think the connections between the circles are not 
> entirely clear.  For the first and second circles, it might help to show 
> something related to captions in the "starters" somehow.
> 
> The link from Pref Editing Tools to UIOptions makes sense to me, but then 
> retrieving preferences from the cloud (the third circle in this group) is 
> such a different action that I'm thinking it would be good to distinguish 
> it/separate it out somehow.
> 
> The connection between the GPII cloud and metatdata editor also seems unclear 
> - I'm not sure how to solve this.  Maybe rather than a linear flow these are 
> more like branches that come together? I'll give this some more thought and 
> let's discuss.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dana
> 
> On Mar 26, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Colin Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Wow, I like this a lot! Very nicely done, Joanna.
>> 
>> Some really minor edits below.
>> 
>> On Mar 26, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Vass, Joanna <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Watching a video in a loud room or learning a new language? 
>>> We think being able to transform, augment, and personalize educational 
>>> resources to fit your needs is essential to a great learning experience.
>> 
>> Perhaps rather than just a “great” learning experience, we should make it 
>> clear that the stakes are higher—that it’s about an inclusive learning 
>> experience that reflects what we each need to be successful.
>> 
>>> Preference editing tools help learners discover and customize resources. 
>>> The [Preference Exploration Tool] offers learners  starters to find out 
>>> what works best for them. 
>> 
>> “Starters” here is ambiguous. Can we clarify what a “starter” is in some 
>> way? “The Preferences Exploration Tool offers learners a set of starter 
>> preferences that they can try out to help them find out what works best for 
>> them” or something like that? 
>> 
>>> While [User Interface Options] allows for more granular preference 
>>> adjustments. Resources need to be flexible and multi-modal to adopt to a 
>>> range of learning needs - from enabling content to be  spoken aloud so it's 
>>> easier to follow along to enhancing keyboard interactions so it's easier to 
>>> use.
>>> 
>>> Happy with the customized preferences? [Save them to the GPII cloud] for 
>>> later use on other devices.
>> 
>> We should probably unpack our acronyms wherever we can. So “Global Public 
>> Inclusive Infrastructure” probably will make more sense to newcomers.
>> 
>>> Creating content? The [Inclusive Design Learning Handbook] offers tips on 
>>> producing rich resources to help reach a diversity of learners.
>>> 
>>> Have your content already? The [Metadata Editor] encourages relevant 
>>> metadata and accessibility features to be added. This way a learner with 
>>> unique preferences, such as captions for all audio content, will be matched 
>>> with resources that fits their needs.
>> 
>> I guess the audience for the metadata editing components is somewhat 
>> different. They’re particularly for developers of OER content creation tools 
>> who want to enable their system to produce more accessible content. So we 
>> should reflect that, but I also like how you’ve described the impact of 
>> these tools on the end-user.
>> 
>>> With the [Video Player] learners can provide feedback if a resource doesn't 
>>> fit their preference needs. A learner can request captions or create 
>>> captions themselves for the video.   
>> 
>> There’s probably more to the Video Player, in that it’s designed to offer a 
>> multimodal or “layered” experience out of the box, and then if that content 
>> is available, learners or teachers can provide feedback, request captions, 
>> make captions, etc.
>> 
>> Again, this is really awesome. I like how we’re really working to tell a 
>> clear and meaningful story about our vision and tools to learners, teachers, 
>> stakeholders and funders.
>> 
>> Colin
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