Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451988

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0451988

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A 'smarter image' for educational multimedia: Improving learning of dynamic content with animated and static graphics. Animated images were once used largely for entertainment but are now increasingly a feature of multimedia information and education systems. However, recent research casts doubt on animation's assumed superiority over static pictures for facilitating understanding. This project aims to find how animations should be designed, supported, and used in order to fulfill their vast potential for explaining and instructing. It will examine in fine detail how people with different backgrounds actually use animations when trying to comprehend familiar and unfamiliar topics. Research-based guidelines will be produced on how to design effective animations and animated-static graphic blends for use in multimedia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2004

End Date: 12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $255,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Computer-Human Interaction | Educational Technology And Media | Educational Psychology | Specialist Studies in Education |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Education and training not elsewhere classified | Technological and organisational innovation |

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