Guidelines for Cognitively Efficient Multimedia Learning Tools: Educational Strategies, Cognitive Load, and Interface Design

C Cognitively Informed Multimedia Interface Design

The rich contributions made in the field of human computer interaction (HCI) have played a pivotal role in shifting the attention of the industry to the interaction between users and computers (Myers, 1998). However, technologies that include hypertext, multimedia, and manipulation of graphical objects were designed and presented to the users without referring to critical findings made in the f...

the relationship between using language learning strategies, learners’ optimism, educational status, duration of learning and demotivation

with the growth of more humanistic approaches towards teaching foreign languages, more emphasis has been put on learners’ feelings, emotions and individual differences. one of the issues in teaching and learning english as a foreign language is demotivation. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the components of language learning strategies, optimism, duration o...

Design Guidelines and Multimedia Interaction Description Tools

" Look and Feel " Interface Design Tool for Educational Multimedia

This paper discusses issues related to design approaches used by software development teams to create user interfaces for educational software. A research study that focuses on the description and analysis of different approaches, used in the in development of educational multimedia products, and their impact on the overall quality of the final product is discussed. Within the study, the inhere...

Tools for Working with Guidelines in Different Interface Design Approaches

The use of Tools for Working with Guidelines (TFWWG) during the design and development of user interfaces (UIs) is one possible approach to design usable UI. This paper addresses the following questions: What have been the typical contributions of different UI design approaches to the TFWWG approach and which roles TFWWG have played in these different UI design approaches? To answer these quest...