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Peer reviewedRimar, G. I. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1996
Effective message design for screen-based computer or video instructional programs requires knowledge from many disciplines. Evaluates current conventions and suggests a new set of guidelines for screen-based designers. Discusses screen layout, highlighting and cueing, text font and style, text positioning, color, and graphical user interfaces for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Electronic Text
Download full textMessing, J.; McLachlan, R. – 1994
The use of computer technology in history instruction permits students to explore the data, and formulate and test their own hypotheses within the confines of the data, rather than being passive receptors of someone else's interpretations. The Gallipoli project brought together materials from a national war archive to develop a multimedia teaching…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Electronic Text, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKoroghlanian, Carol M.; Sullivan, Howard J. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2000
Investigates the effects of audio and text density on the achievement, time-in-program, and attitudes of 134 undergraduate students. Data concerning pre-existing computer skills/experience and demographic information were also collected. Findings have implications for the use of audio, text and graphics in the design of computer-based instruction.…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiovisual Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Kaltenbach, M.; Preiss, B. – 1994
A computer system, IconiCase, is currently being developed to assist users in the task of classifying and memorizing medical cases. The system uses assemblies of icons, called Concept Graphics (CG), as pointers to medical cases, leading to a form of electronic document delivery in which information is accessed at various levels, with a gradual…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Peer reviewedThibodeau, Pete – T.H.E. Journal, 1997
Offers tips and techniques for authoring computer-based training and courseware products. Describes basic design concepts and points that pertain to individual components. Focuses specifically on the visual elements associated with the use of video, text, graphics, animation and interactivity in multimedia courseware. (AEF)
Descriptors: Animation, Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Swan, Karen – 1994
Historical thinking involves being able to conceptualize historical events from multiple perspectives and to relate historical data within these. Hypermedia has enormous potential for supporting the development of historical thinking because it is open, nonlinear, and heterogeneous in ways other media is not; it can physically represent…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Rights, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction
