in a very general classification, films can be divided into three groups including fiction, nonfiction (i.e. documentary, experimental….) and animation. animation, as one major member of the three is a hybrid medium and art form which employs the expressive elements of other arts; that is it hybridizes and utilizes elements of dramatic arts (mainly cinema) and fine arts (painting, graphic desig...

This paper reports a study on the role of a subject’s intention on animation interference. Experiment results show that first, experiment instruction can sometimes eliminate animation interference. Second, the moment animation is on the screen does not differentiate the animation interference if the subjects are not instructed to ignore animation. Third, stay on animation has less impact than a...

Medical education, particularly in neurosurgery, represents the epitome of multimedia learning because instruction often involves both words (e.g., printed or spoken text) and pictures (e.g., illustrations, photographs, animation, video). For example, multimedia instruction occurs when a medical professional narrates what is happening in a video of a surgical procedure, when a textbook shows a ...

-This paper presents a review of the recent research that examines the problem of generating full facial animation from auditory input speech signal. The major applications of this technique include face animation, human-computer interfaces, computer-aided instruction, video games and multimedia telephony for the hearing impaired. Using human voice for the real-time animation of synthetic faces...

We describe a pronunciation instruction system that dynamically generates CG animations to express the pronunciation from speech based on articulatory features. Specifically, the system displays the results of phoneme recognition and animation of the pronunciation movements of both the learner and teacher from their speech in order to show in what way the learner’s pronunciation is wrong. Learn...

BACKGROUND Computer based methods are increasingly being used for training workers, although our understanding of how to structure this training has not kept pace with the changing abilities of computers. Information on a computer can be presented in many different ways and the style of presentation can greatly affect learning outcomes and the effectiveness of the learning intervention. Many qu...

How can animation be used to promote learner understanding of scientific and mathematical explanations? In this review, we examine the role of animation in multimedia learning (including multimedia instructional messages and microworld games), present a cognitive theory of multimedia learning, and summarize our program of research, which has yielded seven principles for the use of animation in ...