Title :
On user interfaces for educational multimedia applications
Author :
Metaxas, Panagiotis Takis
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wellesley Coll., MA, USA
Abstract :
The paper addresses two questions related to educational multimedia applications: (a) what lessons should we learn from today´s graphical user interfaces (GUIs)?, and (b) what should the user interfaces should look like in the future? We address the first question by drawing on our experience from two multimedia projects, that deal with multimedia proceedings and multimedia lectures. For the second question, we criticize the directions that today´s research for 3D and VR GUIs is going, and we argue that they may not necessarily be on the way to the optimum user interface, which is none, and we describe an alternative path.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; graphical user interfaces; human factors; interactive systems; multimedia computing; technological forecasting; virtual reality; GUIs; VR GUIs; educational multimedia applications; future; graphical user interfaces; multimedia lectures; multimedia proceedings; multimedia projects; optimum user interface; Application software; Educational technology; Graphical user interfaces; Multimedia communication; Three dimensional displays; User interfaces; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Multi Media Engineering Education, 1996., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3173-7
DOI :
10.1109/MMEE.1996.570263
