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Translate to Communicate: Facilitating Client Understanding of Design Languages

Translate to Communicate: Facilitating Client Understanding of Design Languages

Jason K. McDonald
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781599047294|ISBN10: 1599047292|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616926663|EISBN13: 9781599047317
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-729-4.ch002
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McDonald, Jason K. "Translate to Communicate: Facilitating Client Understanding of Design Languages." Handbook of Visual Languages for Instructional Design: Theories and Practices, edited by Luca Botturi and Todd Stubbs, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 18-32. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-729-4.ch002

APA

McDonald, J. K. (2008). Translate to Communicate: Facilitating Client Understanding of Design Languages. In L. Botturi & T. Stubbs (Eds.), Handbook of Visual Languages for Instructional Design: Theories and Practices (pp. 18-32). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-729-4.ch002

Chicago

McDonald, Jason K. "Translate to Communicate: Facilitating Client Understanding of Design Languages." In Handbook of Visual Languages for Instructional Design: Theories and Practices, edited by Luca Botturi and Todd Stubbs, 18-32. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-729-4.ch002

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Abstract

In this chapter I discuss how principles of natural language translation can help instructional designers communicate instructional design languages in ways more natural to their clients. I argue that instructional designers should focus more on the fundamental meanings they are attempting to communicate through their design languages than on the mechanics and style of those languages. This can lead designers to find representation methods that help their clients better understand design meanings than if designers only used the language conventions with which they were already familiar. My hope is that this contribution to the literature on instructional design languages will lead to new language conventions that help designers more easily communicate their intentions and plans to all those who have an interest in a design’s overall success.

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