Title :
The impact of multimedia training on mental models of simple processes
Author :
Washington, Johnny L. ; Rogers, Erika
Author_Institution :
Dept of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Clark Atlanta Univ., GA, USA
Abstract :
The purpose of this paper is to describe work in progress on a project which is designed to study how multimedia training may impact people´s mental models of simple processes. A tutorial is under development which helps people learn how to construct an abstract model of the steps needed to produce a letter on a typewriter, and how to change this model when the task moves to a computerized setting. Subjects have been recruited to participate in this study, and the current status of the project is discussed
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer based training; multimedia computing; psychology; word processing; abstract model; computerized setting; mental models; multimedia training; project; word processing; Cognitive science; Concrete; Environmental economics; Humans; Information science; Pulleys; Recruitment; Software tools; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1997. Computational Cybernetics and Simulation., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4053-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1997.635278