Oops, here’s the link: 
http://wiki.fluidproject.org/download/attachments/24945059/floe-tools.pdf?api=v2


On Apr 8, 2014, at 5:51 PM, Vass, Joanna <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> 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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