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Use of large multi-touch screens for informal learning
No full textThe advent on the market of multi-touch devices has prompted studies that investigate the use of such devices in learning domain, demonstrating that games are an effective way of exploiting these new technologies that allow pupils to achieve informal learning and foster collaboration during their educational activities. We defined an educational format that combines traditional learning performed at school with educational multimedia games implemented on a multi-touch screen, set up vertically. A field study showed the effectiveness of this educational format, supporting the use of applications on the multi-touch display to help pupils consolidating the acquired knowledge. This paper reports a complementary study that analyses pupils’ reactions to the use of a traditional desktop as compared with the use of the multi-touch screen. Results provided further evidence that pupils enjoy interacting with the multi-touch screen, because it allows them to collaborate and to use their hands, directly moving objects about on the screen
Information Visualization in the Interaction with IDL
No full textWe briefly discuss the state of the art of the research in information visualization.
Then, we describe a technique for visualizing meta-information about the content of a
networked information system in the context of a digital library, which is being developed at
the University of Bari
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