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Zwart, Willem Jaap – 1992
This paper argues that Merrill's instructional transaction theory provides a framework that can decrease learners' problems in using computer simulations by specifying transaction shells rather than frames in designing interactive courseware. The three types of data used in a transaction, i.e., an instructional algorithm, are identified as a…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Educational Environment