We propose an interactive learning environment for Human-Computer-Interaction design based on a new form of reusable design components organized in a knowledge repository . Our repository focuses on reusability and accessibility to share design knowledge among students. We evaluate how these reusable components impact student knowledge of the design domain and their reuse of HCI knowledge. Resu...

Advances in geographic information, interactive twoand three-dimensional map visualization accompanied with the proliferation of mobile devices and location data have tremendously benefited the development of geo-educational applications. In this paper, we introduce LIMO; a web-based programming environment that is centered around operations on interactive geographical maps, location-oriented d...

aim: the aim of this study is to identify a framework of needed expertise for publishing academic electronic textbooks according to the characteristics of this kind of books. therefore the final result focuses on needed experts through the consensus method. method: delphi technique using the researcher made questionnaire was done in four rounds. the research population was composed of forty exp...

With the developments of new technologies appearing very quickly, the attention has been focused more on technology than learning. English centers and institutes have mostly been busy accommodating new programs and technologies and hence have not spent enough time to evaluate the CALL programs and technologies employed to find their affordances and limitations. The present study was an attempt ...

Interactive narrative environments offer significant potential for creating engaging narrative experiences that are tailored to individual users. Increasingly, applications in education, training, and entertainment are leveraging narrative to create rich interactive experiences in virtual storyworlds. A key challenge posed by these environments is devising accurate models of director agents’ st...

In education, ‘interactivity’ is the catalyst that can transform the traditional classroom setting into an active media environment. Yet the standards for interactivity within education are by no means clear. Educators and multimedia designers are confronted with many questions concerning the effectiveness of interactive courseware as a learning tool. In this paper, the authors draw on their ex...

E-learning could become the major form of training and development in organizations as technologies will improve to create a fully interactive and humanized learning environment (Tim L. Wentling, et al, 2000). Hence to recognize this objective this paper would like to explain about an affective role model of a software agent to facilitate interactive online learning by considering and incorpora...

1 Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Academy of Electronic Media, Troy, NY 12180, [email protected] 2 Gerald Burnham, University of Texas-Dallas, College of Engineering, Dallas, TX, [email protected] Abstract  This paper presents the results garnered from developing and utilizing web-based multimedia educational materials and technologies that were part of a NSFsponsored Course, C...

Art museums across the country have become increasingly interested in creating interactive gallery spaces geared to family audiences, as evidenced by the high attendance at the J. Paul Getty Museum’s symposium on this topic over the weekend of June 4 and 5, 2005. These interactive galleries are typically conceptualized as spaces that address the unique learning needs of families in a museum env...