On Jul 28, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Cindy Edwards wrote:
Jared Spool offered: "One way to think about it is that, most of the
time, interaction design succeeds if the user doesn't learn anything
in the process and instructional design succeeds if they do."
I agree, to a point: Interaction design succeeds when the user
doesn't have to expressly learn to use the tool they are interacting
with, and instructional design (for online learning) succeeds in part
when the interaction design is effective.
For technology-based learning, interaction design is a necessary
function of success.
Hi Cindy,
First, I'll suggest that I intentionally said "most of the time" in my
original supposition because I do think there are times when the goal
of interaction design is to educate the user.
However, this is not one of those times. :)
I agree that interaction design can be a necessary component for
technology-based learning. But, in that instance, the goal of the
interaction design component isn't to education. It's to facilitate
the education from the instructional design component.
More concretely: If I have a design element (say a video player or
game) that is part of instructional schema (by watching the video or
playing the game, the user learns the desired content), learning how
to control and operate the design element (playing the video or
manipulating the game controls) is *not* the objective. An 'intuitive'
design element will best meet the instructional objectives. No need to
distract the user from their learning by forcing them to focus on
operation of the technology.
So, with that, I stand by my original supposition.
Jared
Jared M. Spool
User Interface Engineering
510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845
e: [email protected] p: +1 978 327 5561
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