Children's Information Skills: Making Effective Use of Multimedia Sources

Oliver, Ron; Perzylo, Lesa

doi:10.1080/0954730940310308

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“…Simpson and McKnight, 1990;Fasick, 1992, cited in Oliver andPerzylo, 1994;Banet, 1995). In the IMPS project, finding their way around the information was difficult for some children, and one of the issues that concerned teachers most.…”

Section: Searching and Retrievingmentioning

confidence: 93%

Screen design for children’s reading: some key issues

Walker

Reynolds

2000

Journal Research in Reading

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This paper draws attention to design issues that are likely to affect the way that children interact with screen-based information texts. It is based on the findings of the Interactive Multimedia in Primary Schools (IMPS) project funded by the British Library, carried out at The University of Reading. The paper summarises the designrelated aspects of the project, highlighting those issues that relate to access, navigation and typography. It draws together observations from teachers and children based on tape-recorded interviews and video recordings, and research from the fields of human computer interaction, information design and education.

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Section: Searching and Retrievingmentioning

confidence: 93%

Screen design for children’s reading: some key issues

Walker

Reynolds

2000

Journal Research in Reading

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“…Previous research by the author with naive users of CD-ROM has revealed large differences in their abilities to access and retrieve information in response to information-related tasks and activities (Perzylo & Oliver, 1992;Oliver & Perzylo, 1994). Observations of the actions and reactions of naive users suggested several forms of knowledge and skill as being influential in describing a students' success with the electronic information system.…”

Section: Interactive Information Systemsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Measuring users' performance with interactive information systems

Oliver

1996

Computer Assisted Learning

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the discrete forms of knowledge required for successful use of interactive information systems (IIS). Using an existing framework, an instrument was created to measure the achievement of three discrete forms of knowledge among novice users of an CD‐ROM encyclopedia. The instrument included tasks designed to measure users' knowledge and skills in managing and controlling the system, navigating between information nodes and selecting appropriate search strategies given information related problems. The study examined hierarchical knowledge and compared the development of these forms of knowledge and skills among novices using two different IIS. The results found significant differences in the user performances between two systems in tasks that measured navigation skills and an understanding of the information organisation. It is suggested that these differences were due to differences in the interface design of the two systems and suggestions are made for selecting and implementing IIS systems in school and educational settings.

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“…A follow-up study (Oliver & Perzylo 1994) found that with appropriate instruction and guidance, students can become more discerning and more skilled users of the multiple media sources. In the subsequent setting, students were observed to include more embracing information needs in their research questions and to make use of the different media sources to gain information able to answer these questions.…”

Section: The Use Of Multimedia Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A study of naive users' retrieval practices using a CDROM encyclopaedia (Oliver & Oliver 1994) found that students tended to prefer one strategy over the others. Students would frequently attempt to use their preferred strategy when confronted with a request for information.…”

Section: Retrieval Strategiesmentioning

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Interactive information systems: information access and retrieval

Oliver¹

1995

The Electronic Library

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Children's Information Skills: Making Effective Use of Multimedia Sources

Cited by 13 publications

References 21 publications

Screen design for children’s reading: some key issues

Screen design for children’s reading: some key issues

Measuring users' performance with interactive information systems

Interactive information systems: information access and retrieval

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