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Winn, William – Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 1982
Examines visual cognitive processes having to do with perception, the assimilation of new information, and learning by analogy, and identifies instructional strategies to control each process. Discussion of relationships between visual learning and instruction includes implications for research and design. An extensive bibliography is provided.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Instructional Design, Research Needs
Download full textMukherjee, Prachee; Edmonds, Gerald S. – 1993
This paper reviews the literature on screen design used for instructional purposes. The following topics are reviewed: definition of screen design; foundations of screen design; elements of screen design; functions of screen design; screen design research and problems; and criteria for evaluation. Conclusions drawn from this review are: screen…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Courseware, Design Preferences, Evaluation Criteria
Schwier, Richard A.; Misanchuk, Earl R. – 1995
This article discusses psychophysical aspects of color perception and critically examines the advice on color use in screen design found in non-empirical literature. There are four main characteristics of color: hue, brightness, saturation, and contrast. In multimedia screen design, color can be used to link logically-related data; differentiate…
Descriptors: Color Planning, Computer Graphics, Guidelines, Information Processing
Peer reviewedWiesenberg, Faye; Baine, David – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1994
Describes a systematic method for producing pictures to accompany textual instructional materials. The resulting instructional design model is then used in an attribute by treatment interaction study of post-secondary school students that was designed to investigate the role of analogical pictures in adult learners' acquisition of higher level…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Analysis of Covariance, Hypothesis Testing
Haag, Brenda Bannan; Snetsigner, Wendy – 1993
Screen design, as an inherent part of the interface within computer-based instructional programs, is a critical component to the communication potential of the medium. This paper establishes aesthetics as an essential and necessary component of screen design and of instructional design. Current screen design guidelines tend to overlook the…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development
Kuzmich, Carl J.; And Others – 1993
The development of a HyperCard application program, "Connecting to Your MARS Account," is described. The program was intended to assist users of the biomedical computer system at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), the Medical ARchival System (MARS), to connect to their computer accounts. Criteria from instructional, graphical,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Development
