Describes five experiments that explored preferences for pages of instructional text that varied in terms of their layout, their wording, or both of these features. (HOD)

Subjects who were shown slides of four newspaper front pages--traditional, contemporary, well-designed traditional, and well-designed contemporary--preferred contemporary to traditional designs and well-designed pages to those of average design. (Reproductions of the four front pages are included.) (GT)

Benchmarks online retailing transactions against critical factors that impact online retailing. Findings suggest several areas that e-retailers should target for improvement, including the speed of home page loading, ability to translate into multiple languages, capabilities of search engines, security policies display, payment options, minimum…

Advises colleges to keep in mind several qualities when purchasing furniture for student centers: durability, cleanability, repairability, flexibility, storability, credibility, sustainability, comfort, affordability, and "wowability." (EV)

The present study focuses on the relationship between the acquisition of design knowledge by novice design students and the quality of their designs. Design learning is typically based on action and reflection. Knowledge of solution processes, being part of this reflection, is found to be crucial in monitoring and controlling the design process…

This critical assessment attempts to define a good instructional design through the eyes and the minds of renowned scholars and the most outspoken educational psychologists such as Gagne, John Keller, Jerome Bruner, and Richard E. Mayer and so on. This examination also discusses ways in directing the mental map of students for better knowledge…

In this article, the author discusses the proliferation of one-to-one programs. For educators, the key to one-to-one success is in a well-managed and thoughtfully approached classroom program. Despite a good body of anecdotal evidence on the success of one-to-one programs--increased student attendance and motivation, more collaborative…

The Computing Curricula (2005) place Information Systems (IS) at the intersection of exact sciences (e.g. General Systems Theory), technology (e.g. Computer Science), and behavioral sciences (e.g. Sociology). This presents particular challenges for teaching and learning, as future IS professionals need to be equipped with a wide range of…

Results suggest that the technique employed in static background displays may be an important determinant of a speaker's impact on television viewers. (Author/STS)

Presents an annotated bibliography of 14 picture books with copyright dates from 1980 to 1984. David Macauley, Ed Young, and Richard Bartlett based their selections on illustration and design criteria that they most admired. (JK)

The social responsibilities now borne by American architects have required the rechanneling of creativity from egocentric "design to the more humanitarian approach. This is evidenced in this year's submissions. (NI)

Descriptions and jury comments concerning four designs of higher education facilities which received either citations or awards. (NI)

Discusses three steps to successful window installation during a building project: the decision-making and design process, clear documentation of requirements, and conscientious construction. (EV)