Multimedia Interface Design in Education. [Proceedings Lucca in Italy 1989].

Edwards, Alistair D. N. / Holland, Simon (eds):

ISBN 10: 3540550461 / ISBN 13: 9783540550464

Published by Springer Berlin, 1992

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218 Seiten Guter Zustand/ Good Ex-Library. Einband leicht berieben ha1032557 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multimedia Interface Design in Education. [Proceedings Lucca in Italy 1989].
• Publisher: Springer Berlin
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540550461
• ISBN 13: 9783540550464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 600 grams
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Synopsis

What the book is about This book is about the theory and practice of the use of multimedia, multimodal interfaces for leaming. Yet it is not about technology as such, at least in the sense that the authors do not subscribe to the idea that one should do something just because it is technologically possible. 'Multimedia' has been adopted in some commercial quarters to mean little more than a computer with some form of audio ar (more usually) video attachment. This is a trend which ought to be resisted, as exemplified by the material in this book. Rather than merely using a new technology 'because it is there', there is a need to examine how people leam and eommunicate, and to study diverse ways in which computers ean harness text, sounds, speech, images, moving pietures, gestures, touch, etc. , to promote effective human leaming. We need to identify which media, in whieh combinations, using what mappings of domain to representation, are appropriate far which educational purposes . . The word 'multimodal ' in the title underlies this perspective. The intention is to focus attention less on the technology and more on how to strueture different kinds of information via different sensory channels in order to yield the best possible quality of communication and educational interaction. (Though the reader should refer to Chapter 1 for a discussion of the use of the word 'multimodal' . ) Historically there was little problem.