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Price, Sara; Rogers, Yvonne – Computers and Education, 2004
The advent of wireless and pervasive technologies offers many opportunities for designing learning experiences that encourage children to explore, initiate and reflect. Novel forms of interactions can be developed, that exploit the "physical" and the "digital" in a diversity of ways that move beyond the "desktop" genre of interactions. In this…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Computer Interfaces, Interaction, Educational Environment
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MacDonald, Laurie; Liu, Peilin; Lowell, Kay; Tsai, Howard; Lohr, Linda – TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 2004
The word "portfolio" might bring to mind the artist's case bulging with sketches, samples and finished or unfinished works in no particular order. On the other hand, it might suggest the familiar collection of report cards, crayon drawings and dioramas that accumulate in schoolchildren's homes over the years. In an adult education setting,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Attitudes, Computer Interfaces
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Sing, Chai Ching; Der-Thanq, Victor Chen – International Journal of Instructional Media, 2004
One common objective of instructional multimedia products is enhancement of learning. It follows that one of the primary tasks of the interface designer is the creation of a user-interface that is motivating, interactive, intuitive and at the same time imposing as minimal as possible a cognitive load on the learner. To achieve this goal, qualities…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Computer Interfaces, Man Machine Systems
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Ahmed, S. M. Zabed; McKnight, Cliff; Oppenheim, Charles – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2005
This article reports on an empirical study on novices' learning and retention with the Web-based interface to the Web of Science. The aim was to evaluate the performance of novice searchers in initially learning to use the search interface and in later use. Their performance in both sessions was measured in terms of time taken to perform tasks,…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Internet, Web Based Instruction, Evaluation
Moses, Oyelami Olufemi – Online Submission, 2008
More recent motivational research focuses on the identification of effective techniques for enhancing instructional design and meeting the needs of diverse student populations (Wlodkowski R. J., 1981). Learning-motivation researchers are applying some of the same theories and concepts found to be effective in industry to the development of…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Instructional Improvement, Models
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Weller, Martin; Little, Alex; McAndrew, Patrick; Woods, Will – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
This paper examines the contention that learning environments which use IMS Learning Designs can be created by plugging in different components, using generic service descriptions to create the interface between the Learning Design (LD) and the specific tools. There is an alternative viewpoint which claims that generic service descriptions cannot…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Access to Education
Jones, Marshall G. – 1995
Anthropomorphism can be defined as the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to inanimate objects. People give names to their automobiles and computers as a way to relate to complicated pieces of technology that they use regularly, but do not fully understand. Software designers may claim that their interfaces are intuitive, but in…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Literacy, Computer Software Development, Instructional Effectiveness
Senn, Gary J.; Smyth, Thomas J. C. – 1995
Because of the graphical interface and "openness" of the operating system, Macintosh computers are susceptible to undesirable changes by the user. This presentation discusses the advantages and disadvantages of software packages that offer protection for the Macintosh system. The two basic forms of software security packages include a…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Security, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer System Design
Crawford, Caroline M. – 2000
This paper describes the design of a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) World Wide Web site to act as a living documents repository for university accreditation. Topics addressed include: instructional design and development of a functional flowchart; interface design; and interactive elements, including bulletin boards and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Computer Interfaces, Design Preferences
Roh, Seak-Zoon; Han, Sungwook; Yu, Byeong-Min – 2001
Because the complex link and node structure awaiting users can lead them into becoming lost in hyperspace and cause them cognitive overload, navigating the hypertext system is often not an easy task, especially for novices. They may have difficulty perceiving a structure of an entire system, locating specific information, or using a navigational…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Design Preferences, Educational Technology
Hoadley, Christopher M.; And Others – 1995
Networked multimedia is described as a tool for collaborative learning, focusing on learning through discussion. It is proposed that multimedia may be used to structure and enhance communication, thereby promoting learning. The background and application of collaborative learning is outlined. Several dimensions of media which influence the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Interfaces, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
Guynup, Stephen Lawrence – 2003
This paper began as an attempt to clarify and classify the development of Web3D environments from 1995 to the present. In that process, important facts came to light. A large proportion of these sites were virtual galleries and museums. Second, these same environments covered a wide array of architectural interpretations and represented some of…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Museums, Online Systems
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Roth, Steven F.; Chuah, Mei C.; Kerpedjiev, Stephan; Kolojejchick, John A.; Lucas, Peter – Human-Computer Interaction, 1997
Presents an information visualization workspace in which users are able to explore data presented in diverse but coordinated formats using related systems called Visage, SAGE, and selective dynamic manipulation (SDM). Discusses four dimensions for analyzing user interfaces that reveal the combination of design approaches needed for visualizations…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer System Design, Data Analysis
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Haas, Stephanie W. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1996
Natural language processing (NLP) is concerned with getting computers to do useful things with natural language. Major applications include machine translation, text generation, information retrieval, and natural language interfaces. Reviews important developments since 1987 that have led to advances in NLP; current NLP applications; and problems…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Information Retrieval, Literature Reviews, Machine Translation
Meek, James – Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 1995
Reviews intelligent software agents and their relevance to networked information, particularly concerning future patterns of information gathering in research and education. Discussion of Internet information includes differing interfaces, the need for indexing, and map-making and information overload. Additional highlights include characteristics…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software
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