This paper uses the concept of division of labor (Strauss, 1985) to explore two design settings (a middle-school classroom and a professional architecture firm) where people use both computer and paper-based practices for designing. I report that in both settings collaborative labor is divided between designers who work on paper and draftspersons who work with computers. Reasons for this divisi...

Today e-Learning is an important educational tool with multiple benefits. However, to be suitable for a large audience the learning objects, courses, and other forms of e-Learning content should be easy to use for all students, regardless of disability. This paper describes problems often encountered by a blind person using screen reader and voice synthesizer when using e-Learning systems, and ...

This application note shows how to envision, describe, and realize a design using fuzzy logic. It is not intended to be an introduction to fuzzy logic, but it is basic enough to be understood by designers with a cursory understanding of the subject. For those who seek an introduction to fuzzy logic, the Freescale Fuzzy Logic Educational Kit is an excellent primer. Other sources of information a...

This paper uses learning goal as a continuous thread to organize the educational game authoring process in order to smoothly integrate learning contents into the game designing process. The proposed authoring system has been used in a practical virtual learning environment Virtual Singapora. This goal oriented system can not only facilitate game designers during the authoring process, but also ...

Educational on-line resources are expanding in their application beyond delivering courses to providing venues in which members of professional communities of practice meet to exchange problems, ideas and questions. This paper will discuss two such communities, their similarities and their differences. Design decisions will be suggested to encourage designers and facilitators of such venues to ...

Our hands-on workshop convenes educational designers and learning technology architects to author inquiry learning activities and user experiences. Participants will use a scenario editor to design classroom and field activities based on pedagogical approaches such as personal inquiry. Designs will be implemented using modeling tools, mobile devices and inquiry management tools provided by the ...

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...

Like everywhere in our culture, new .technologies gradually penetrate the field of education. This may be seen as a problem area, which asks for appropriate, actions by teachers, curriculum experts, instructional designers and others. As "technology" seems to be the main issue, one may quation whether the introduction of new technologies is to be considered as' an educationaa technological prob...