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Hutchins, Edwin – 1987
This discussion of the utilization by computer designers and users of metaphors as organizing structures for dealing with the complexity of behavior of human/computer interfaces begins by identifying three types of metaphor that describe various aspects of human-computer interface design, i.e., activity, mode of interaction, and task domain. The…
Descriptors: Computers, Interaction, Language Processing, Man Machine Systems
Banathy, Bela H.; Earle, Rodney S. – Educational Technology, 1994
Includes two columns that discuss comprehensive systems design in education, including the design architecture and the dynamics of design; and the use of metaphors in explaining teacher planning and classroom interactions, including mental planning and imagery and the relationships between metaphor and practice. (Contains 22 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Design, Metaphors, Systems Development
