Title :
How to make “complex” software customizable
Author :
Spohrer, James C. ; Cypher, Allen ; James, Arthur ; Kleiman, Ruben ; Ohmaye, Enio ; Smith, David C.
Author_Institution :
Adv. Technol. Group, Apple Comput. Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA
Abstract :
KidSim and Puppeteer are two authoring tools that allow non-programmers to create and customize interactive educational simulations. KidSim and Puppeteer illustrate the effectiveness of task specific authoring tools as an approach to making complex software that is customizable. In this paper, a brief description of these two task specific tools is provided, and then enabling technology for building task specific tools is discussed
Keywords :
authoring systems; computer aided instruction; digital simulation; KidSim; Puppeteer; authoring tools; customising; enabling technology; interactive educational simulations; task specific tools; Application software; Availability; Computational modeling; Computer languages; Computer simulation; Costs; Educational institutions; Marketing and sales; Natural languages; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1994. Humans, Information and Technology., 1994 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2129-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1994.400042
