| Audience
This lesson is geared
for anyone from about 12 years old to adult, and provides basic introductory
information about color theory. This may be useful for web designers,
graphic designers, desktop publishers, photographers, artists, hobbyists,
gardeners, interior decorators – anyone who uses color or wants
to understand it better.
Goals
The goals of the
lesson are clear and stated on the front page. They are
to understand three key concepts about color:
- the relationship
between RBG and CMY color
- the color wheel,
how it works and how it can be used
- the three properties
of color: hue, value and saturation
- how to utilize
what you have learned and apply it.
Approach
I have taken a
constructivist approach, as I feel this has the best potential for learning
retention. When the student constructs her own ideas from the material
presented, it doesn't require memorization because the student
has really taught herself. When the learner is actively engaged with
the material, and has to work with it in some way, or must digest and
transform it, then learning happens naturally as a result.
I have utilized
Gagné's Nine Events of Instruction (detailed below) as a
roadmap, but there is not a direct correlation to every event in his
methodology.
| 1. |
Gaining
Attention |
Attention
is gained with the use of colorful graphics and an attractive presentation |
| 2. |
Informing the
learner of the objective: Expectancy |
The goals are
clearly stated up front and the initial page is kept simple. |
| 3. |
Stimulating
recall of prior learning: Retrieval to working memory: |
In the rgb/cmy
section, the student is asked to recall his/her experiences of prisms
and rainbows, to draw upon their existing knowledge of color. |
| 4. |
Presenting
the stimulus: Pattern recognition, selective perception |
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| 5. |
Providing learner
guidance: Chunking, rehearsal, encoding |
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| 6. |
Eliciting performance:
Retrieval, responding |
Links to online
exercises and multimedia demonstrations of the concepts are provided.
These experiences are a more personal and direct experience of the
priniciples discussed. |
| 7. |
Providing feedback:
Reinforcement, error correction |
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| 8. |
Assessing performance:
Responding, retention |
There are no
assessment instruments in this lesson at this time. |
| 9. |
Enhancing retention
and transfer: Retention, retrieval, generalization |
On the last
page, "Explorations", the student is given a web-based
drawing application with which he can experiment. A suggestion is
given to try recreating the color wheel which has been discussed
throughout the text. |
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