You are here:

Learner-Information Interaction: A Macro-Level Framework Characterizing Visual Cognitive Tools
Article

, , The University of Western Ontario, Canada

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Volume 19, Number 1, ISSN 1093-023X Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

Abstract

"** Invited as a paper from ED-MEDIA 2006 **"

Visual cognitive tools (VCTs) are external mental aids that maintain and display visual representations (VRs) of information (i.e., structures, objects, concepts, ideas, and problems). VCTs allow learners to operate upon the VRs to perform epistemic (i.e., reasoning and knowledge-based) activities. In VCTs, the mechanism by which learners operate upon the VRs to reason and learn is interaction. Frameworks play an important role in how interactive tools are analyzed and designed. As such, this article presents a framework (A2C2) that characterizes the macro-level categories of VCTs according to the manner in which learner-information interaction takes place in these tools. The A2C2 framework divides the analysis and design space of VCTs into four categories: access-based, annotation-based, construction-based, and combination-based. Each category represents an overall structure within which learners operate upon information. Different existing VCTs are used as examples to demonstrate the application and utility of the framework.

Citation

Sedig, K. & Liang, H.N. (2008). Learner-Information Interaction: A Macro-Level Framework Characterizing Visual Cognitive Tools. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 19(1), 147-173. Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 19, 2024 from .

Keywords

References

View References & Citations Map

These references have been extracted automatically and may have some errors. Signed in users can suggest corrections to these mistakes.

Suggest Corrections to References