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Computer Interfaces; Computer System Design; Information Retrieval; Information Seeking; Models; Online Searching; Screen Design (Computers); Search Strategies; Use Studies; User Needs (Information)

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The purpose of this study was to organize menu items based on a user-process model and implement a new version of current software for enhancing usability of interfaces. A user-process model was developed, drawn from actual users' understanding of their goals and strategies to solve their information needs by using Dervin's Sense-Making Theory with sense-making interviews. (Author/AEF)

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Children; Computer Interfaces; Computer System Design; Design Preferences; Designers; Middle School Students; Online Searching; Screen Design (Computers); Search Engines; User Needs (Information); World Wide Web

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Using a participatory approach, 11 middle school children created paper prototypes for Web search engines. The prototypes were analyzed in relation to content-related spaces, specific spaces, general spaces, instruction spaces, and other spaces. Children's comments about the purposes of the interfaces were analyzed in terms of functionality and visual design. (Author/AEF)

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Computer Assisted Testing; High School Students; High Schools; Mathematics Achievement; Performance Factors; Scores; Screen Design (Computers); Test Results

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Studied the effects of variations in screen size, resolution, and presentation delay on verbal and mathematics scores on a computerized test for 357 high school juniors. No significant differences were found for mathematics scores, but verbal scores were higher with the larger resolution display. (SLD)

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Computer Printers; Futures (of Society); Library Circulation; Library Planning; Local Area Networks; Research Libraries; Screen Design (Computers); Special Libraries; Telecommunications; Training Methods; Training Needs

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Discusses the planning for wireless technology at the research library of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Highlights include computer equipment, including laptops and PDAs; local area networks; equipment loan service; writing a business plan; infrastructure; training programs; and future considerations, including printing capabilities and screen resolution. (LRW)

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Computer Interfaces; Feedback; Futures (of Society); Higher Education; Screen Design (Computers); Student Attitudes; Web Based Instruction; Web Sites

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Describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a distributed Web-based learning community (DisWBLC) based on knowledge sharing for college students. Highlights include virtual learning communities; Web site resource searching; databases; screen design; user interface; feedback from teachers and students; and future possibilities. (Author/LRW)

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Adult Education; Career Education; Community Colleges; Computer Assisted Design; Computer Graphics; Computer Networks; Computer Software; Computers; Employment Level; Employment Opportunities; Entry Workers; Higher Education; Information Technology; Labor Needs; Occupational Information; Postsecondary Education; Screen Design (Computers); Secondary Education; Technical Occupations; World Wide Web

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The purpose of this study was to develop a body of labor market information to support the development of regional information technology instructional programs by a consortium of California Community Colleges located in the San Francisco Bay Region. This collection of summaries of six occupations begins with a guide that explains the components of each summary. Included are a job description; job titles; career ladder; hours worked; compensation (wages, benefits); employer requirements (education and vocational training, experience); supply and demand; growth; openings filled; location of jobs; and estimates of employment in each industry presented in the job location section. These occupations are included in the guide: computer-aided design technicians; computer and software support technicians; computer network technicians; computer support specialists; graphic designers; and Internet web site designers and developers (webmasters). Appendixes include the questionnaire; alternate job titles; and industries represented. (YLB) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Animation; Audiovisual Aids; Comparative Analysis; Computer Graphics; Computer Interfaces; Design Preferences; Interactive Television; Multimedia Materials; Screen Design (Computers); Use Studies

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This paper compares and discusses the results from two user studies of interactive television (ITV) with a total of 50 subjects. The interfaces of two different ITV information services were studied: one with a place-like interface rich in graphics, animation and audio, and the other a simple interface with text and still images. In the first study, which evaluated the place-like interface, problems occurred with the mappings of the DTV-remote buttons and with the basic multimedia-interaction techniques used in interface. In the second study it was found that factors of concrete and conceptual nearness, with respect to the TV show, should be taken into account when evaluating the ITV service. (Author) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Distance Education; Electronic Text; Evaluation Methods; Higher Education; Instructional Materials; Masters Programs; Navigation (Information Systems); Notetaking; Reading Processes; Screen Design (Computers)

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Discussion of using Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to read electronic text focuses on a study that evaluated the use of PDAs for reading course materials in an Open University (United Kingdom) master's course. Considers activity theory and how the PDA changed reading, including portability, screen display, navigation difficulties, and note-taking. (Author/LRW)

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Animation; Computer Graphics; Electronic Text; Hypermedia; Information Technology; Instructional Materials; Literature; Multimedia Materials; Nonprint Media; Screen Design (Computers); Semiotics; Technological Advancement

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Focuses on the way new technologies are shifting page-based notions of literature. Argues hyperlinking and animation allow for new kinds of textual structure and linguistic mobility. Suggests the merging of words, sound, and visual image within the domain of the computer can create new types of meaning through semiotic juxtaposition and exchange. Discusses ways creative uses of hypertext can be exploited educationally. (AEF) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Access to Information; Accessibility (for Disabled); Blindness; Computer Software; Library Services; Screen Design (Computers); Tables (Data); World Wide Web

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Summarizes results from a study of problems blind people using screen readers and Web browsers experienced when reading tables on the World Wide Web. Explains accessibility factors including complexity of layout, use of HTML programming, features of screen-reading software, and user variables; and makes recommendations for Web-based tables, including library Web pages. (Author/LRW)

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