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Text Screen Design for Computer‐Assisted Learning
Author(s) -
Isaacs G
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1987.tb00661.x
Subject(s) - computer science , presentation (obstetrics) , comprehension , instructional design , human–computer interaction , computer assisted learning , multimedia , computer assisted instruction , programming language , medicine , radiology
Presenting lessons effectively on the screen is one of the central problems in computer‐ assisted learning. Yet the literature on the design of screen layout to maximize comprehension, and, hence, learning in computer‐assisted learning, is very small. In this paper that literature is reviewed as far as it pertains mainly to text screens. The somewhat more extensive literature on the design of instructional text is also examined in order to extrapolate principles which may also apply to screen design. Information is presented both about the presentation of text and about the design of screen layouts as a whole.