Education
In the last few years, web applications have evolved from simple HTML websites into engaging applications that provide a rich user experience. Adobe spotted this trend early and has developed technologies that provide some of the best user experiences possible. Adobe introduced the term rich Internet application (RIA) to describe these interactive web applications.
The two main Adobe technologies that allow RIA development are Adobe® Flex® and Adobe AIR™. Developers can use Adobe® Flash® Builder™ to build Flex and AIR projects. RIAs can run inside the browser or on the desktop (using AIR). Examples of these applications are available in the Flex.org showcase and the Flash Platform gallery.
Learning resources for faculty and students |
Flex in a Week
Build on your programming experience by stepping through this five-day video training course.
RIA and interaction design teaching resources
These resources provide a combination of online workshop modules for self-study, course projects to apply the skills learned, and book recommendations to put together a course on RIA design and development.
Free Adobe CS5 curriculums
Take advantage of yearlong curriculum guides for teaching design, web, and video using Adobe Creative Suite 5 software.
Articles by educators and students |
Flex Learning Components
Dr. Thor Anderson (Jun 30, 2011)
Dr. Thor Anderson was challenged to find a modular, reusable, eLearning software architecture, and Flex proved more than equal to his requirements.
Using Flash tools to power a personal informatics platform
Eugene Medynskiy (Feb 27, 2011)
Eugene Medynskiy used Flash platform tools to build a flexible data-tracking site that can be easily customized for a range of user types.
CGTweets—A Simple Twitter Application
Julie Webb (Jan 30, 2011)
Educators at Adobe MAX 2010
Adobe (Sep 02, 2010)
Policy World: A cognitive game for teaching policy argument
Matt Easterday (Sep 01, 2010)
Before starting grad school, I worked for Peace Corps Mongolia as a community development specialist on projects such as starting a small dairy business with a local school and starting a nation-wide network of after school clubs to teach life skills.
Wayfinding + Rich-Media Mashups: What Art Students are Doing with Flex, ActionScript 3.0 and TouchScreens
Jason Diehl (Aug 16, 2010)
Direct from Adam Hosp and Nick Leonard
Adam Hosp, Nick Leonard (Aug 16, 2010)
Flare: Visualization Tools with Adobe Flash
Jeffrey Heer (Aug 16, 2010)
While a college undergraduate studying Computer Science, I also developed a deep interest in Cognitive Psychology.
A Technology Tool to Facilitate Citizen Journalism
Prof. Mike McKean (Aug 16, 2010)
Flash is just a fancy comic book – Teaching Visual Thinkers to Code
Mark Badger (Aug 15, 2010)
Geovisualization: Leveraging the Opportunities of Geographic Information
Alan M. MacEachren, Scott Pezanowski (Aug 15, 2010)
Flash for surface computing
Manvesh Vyas (Aug 15, 2010)
Direct from Jonathan Coffman
Jonathan Coffman (Aug 15, 2010)
Student Rep RIA Application Contest Winner
Adobe (Aug 13, 2010)
Direct from Tyler Travitz, M.F.A. candidate at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Tyler Travitz (Aug 13, 2010)
Building a Rich Internet Application to Distribute Course Content
Frank Garofalo (Aug 13, 2010)
Computer Graphics Technology (CGT) 411/450 is a senior capstone course in which students simulate the complexities of real-world corporations and business environments related to applied computer graphics.
Designing reverberating interactions
Lee Byron (Aug 12, 2010)
It all began with a project for an Interaction Design course at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Design.
Designing Curriculum around Contrasting Roles
Steve Kurtz, Gordon Goodman (Aug 12, 2010)
The Department of Interactive Games & Media at the Rochester Institute of Technology offers a wide range of undergraduate courses to a variety of constituents.
Q & A with Will Carter
Will Carter (Aug 12, 2010)
Designing for Interactive Performance
Rick Toh (Aug 12, 2010)
Not long ago, I was with a subject team that led student groups to create interactive animations in collaboration with Singapore Wind Symphony, Youth Wing.
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