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1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations |
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Educational and training technology series |
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Educational and training technology series.
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| Contents |
Successful Instructional Diagrams; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Introduction; 1. Diagrams and Learning; Uses of diagrams in instruction; Some characteristics of diagrams; Advantages and disadvantages of diagrams; Diagram design considerations; Ways instructional diagrams can fail; 2. Diagrams and Visual Literacy; How diagrams are processed; Visual literacy; The diagram processing task; How diagrams present information; Importance of background knowledge; Making conventions explicit; Why people use diagrams poorly; 3. The Diagram Development Process |
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How diagrams are usually developedDangers when including diagrams; What should diagrams present?; A diagram's instructional context; 4. Designing a Diagram; Graphic design versus instructional design; Clarifying a diagram's instructional function; Analysing the content; Focusing the objectives; Increasing explanatory power; 5. Producing a Diagram; Producing initial ideas; Developing the entities; Treatment of entities; Assembling entities into a diagram; Technological aids for diagram production; 6. Instructional Diagrams in Context; Visual characteristics of different media |
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Media constraints in diagram designWorking around media constraints; Computer-based diagrams; Animated instructional diagrams; 7. Integrating Diagrams in Instruction; Diagrams in an instructional system; Integrating text and diagrams; Complementing diagrams with text; Using text to guide diagram processing; Integrating diagrams with other resources; 8. Improving Instructional Diagrams; Approaches to evaluation; Learner-based evaluation; Learners' opinions; Learners' results; Learners' processing; Learners' performance; Gathering information; Field testing diagrams; 9. Helping the Diagram User |
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Making diagrams more manageableIncreasing learner involvement; Deeper diagram processing; Imagery; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
With the advent of desktop publishing systems and user-friendly computer software, there is an increasing trend for educators and trainers to produce their own instructional material. This study provides guidelines for the design of basic, sound and unconfusing instructional diagrams |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Educational technology.
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Charts, diagrams, etc.
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Pictures in education.
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Visual literacy.
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Desktop publishing.
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Computer graphics.
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Educational Technology
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Computer Graphics
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diagrams.
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visual literacy.
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desktop publishing.
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computer graphics.
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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Visual literacy
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Pictures in education
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Desktop publishing
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Computer graphics
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Charts, diagrams, etc.
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Educational technology
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Diagramm
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Unterricht
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135350703 |
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1135350701 |
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