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1 online resource (107 pages) |
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Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Studying Tablets; Communications Scholars Studying Tablets; Information Scholars Studying Tablets; HCI and the "I" (Individual) in iPad; Educators Studying Tablets; Cognitive Psychologists Studying Tablets; Gaps in the Study of Tablets; Notes; 2. Proposing a Model of User-Tablet Communication; Shannon, Luhmann and Interaction; User; Tablets; Tablet = Hardware + Operating System + Apps; Tablet Affordances; Types of Utterances; Understanding; Factors Influencing Understanding; Notes |
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3. How Tablet Technology Influences User-Tablet CommunicationUser Experiences and Reflections on Human-Device Interactions; Tablets and Intuitiveness; Educational Technology and Tablets; Mobile Learning/m-Learning; Studying Tablets as a Form of User-Device Communication; Issues Arising: Gestures, Affordances and Cognitive Ability; Notes; 4. How the Mind Influences User-Tablet Communication; Attentional Control and Technology Use; Cognitive Load, Interactivity, and Multimedia Content; Tablet Apps and Cognitive Load -- An Eye-Tracking Study; Answers to Our Questions; Take Away Messages; Notes |
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5. Tablets as a Form of Screen LearningThe Video Deficit Effect: Why It Happens and What It Tells Us about Screen Learning; Reducing the Video Deficit Effect During Screen Learning; Can Tablets Aid Screen Learning?; The Video Deficit Effect and Tablet Understanding ; Take Home Message; Notes; 6. Tablets as a Form of "Hands-On" Learning; Physical Exploration and Learning: Is Hands-on Learning Effective?; Are Tablets Really Hands-on?; Results; Why Do Gestures Matter? Answers from Embodied and Distributed Cognition Theory; Summary; Notes; 7. User-Tablet Communication -- A Complete Model |
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Cognitive Ability and DesignIt Takes Time -- Persistence, Prolonged Use and their Relationship to Understanding ; The Perils and Promise of Touchscreens; Recommendations; Notes; Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Dubé, Adam
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| ISBN |
9781315389479 |
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1315389479 |
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