Harebrained News is the blog of Maija Graham, an artist, educational media developer, graphic designer, and schemer.

Rollover interactives

Roll over interactivesClick here to see examples of a rollover interactive

Rollover interactives are a compact way to show more information about a diagram than will fit in the space available.

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Here be Drag 'n' Drops

Here be drag-and-dropsClick here to see the four versions of the drag-and-drop exercise

Drag and drop exercises have been used frequently in the online courses I have collaborated on because they can be used to quickly self-test knowledge without a lot of keystrokes.

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Oil Origins animation

SAIT Polytechnic Oil Formation animationClick here to watch an excerpt from The Origins of Oil

This is an excerpt from an animated slide show I created for a Petroleum course at SAIT Polytechnic to illustrate how oil is formed. There is no audio and it is only a short loop, like a meditative Paleozoic screen-saver.

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Corrosion of Iron animation

Alberta Learning Corrosion animationAn excerpt from a longer animation developed on sub-contract to the Learning Commons at the University of Calgary for the Alberta Learning Chemistry Learning Objects repository.

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Voltaic Cell animation

Alberta Learning Voltaic Cell animationClick here to watch an excerpt from Voltaic Cell

An excerpt from a longer animation developed on sub-contract to the Learning Commons at the University of Calgary for the Alberta Learning Chemistry Learning Objects repository.

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Glenbow Museum, Mavericks exhibit resources

Glenbow Mavericks Teacher Resourceshttp://www.glenbow.org/mavericks/

A companion site to the Glenbow Museum exhibit, Mavericks.

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