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Visual aspects of courseware engineering
Author(s) -
Lanzing J.W.A.,
Stanchev I.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2729.1994.tb00284.x
Subject(s) - visualization , software portability , computer science , relation (database) , multimedia , human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence , programming language , database
This contribution focuses on visualisation of information in courseware and in courseware engineering. An overview of advantages and disadvantages of visualisation is given, considering psychological and instructional, cross‐cultural, and technical aspects of visualisation. Cross‐cultural aspects are especially significant because of their strong relation with issues of courseware portability. Finally, an exploration of possibilities to improve courseware and courseware engineering tools by applying visualisation is included, with some practical examples of visualisation derived from authoring systems.