TY - GEN
T1 - A multimedia interface for knowledge building and collaborative learning
AU - Hoadley, Christopher M.
AU - Hsi, Sherry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1993 Association for Computing Machinery. All rights reserved.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - We describe a multimedia tool developed for scaffolding constructive conversation and sharing information by means of a public kiosk. The Multimedia Forum Kiosk (MFK) provides an environment where users communicate asynchronously with video, audio, and text. Unlike unstructured media such as email, the interface provides multiple representations of the structure of the discourse which aid in understanding the previous discussion, eliciting and refining new ideas, and developing a sense of community with other users. The software has undergone evaluation, testing, and revision as a tool for an education research community. Preliminary results indicate that users learn the interface unproblematically without training, and that they successfully explore and contribute to the discussions. We introduce the MFK as a tool for collaborative discussion and learning, and discuss several potential uses for the tool, both pedagogical and utilitarian. A more formal testing plan to evaluate the software and int.erke design is underway.
AB - We describe a multimedia tool developed for scaffolding constructive conversation and sharing information by means of a public kiosk. The Multimedia Forum Kiosk (MFK) provides an environment where users communicate asynchronously with video, audio, and text. Unlike unstructured media such as email, the interface provides multiple representations of the structure of the discourse which aid in understanding the previous discussion, eliciting and refining new ideas, and developing a sense of community with other users. The software has undergone evaluation, testing, and revision as a tool for an education research community. Preliminary results indicate that users learn the interface unproblematically without training, and that they successfully explore and contribute to the discussions. We introduce the MFK as a tool for collaborative discussion and learning, and discuss several potential uses for the tool, both pedagogical and utilitarian. A more formal testing plan to evaluate the software and int.erke design is underway.
KW - communication
KW - computer-supported cooperative work
KW - discourse
KW - education
KW - multimedia.
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U2 - 10.1145/259964.260130
DO - 10.1145/259964.260130
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85070949173
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 103
EP - 104
BT - Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 1993 and IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, CHI 1993 - Adjunct Proceedings
A2 - Ashlund, Stacey
A2 - Mullet, Kevin
A2 - Henderson, Austin
A2 - Hollnagel, Erik
A2 - White, Ted N.
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 1993 Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 1993 and IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, CHI 1993
Y2 - 24 April 1993 through 29 April 1993
ER -