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Richard Treves January 2011
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Att
rib
uti
on
Research funded by grant from Higher Education Academy, Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences.
In Partnership with Paula Englebrecht, Ordnance Survey, UK
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• What is a tour?• Background
– Story– History of TEL -> Content vs Whizz
• Good and Bad of tours• Best Practices
– Animations Best Practice– User Tests
Intr
od
uct
ion
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Pre-Recorded Flight/Layer Control/Audio ITS EASY!!W
hat
is a
Tour?
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Interesting choice of poster placement
Just because we can does not mean we
should
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His
tory
of
TEL “Books will soon be
obsolete in the schools… …scholars will soon be instructed through the eye. It is possible to touch every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture" Thomas Edison, 1913
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His
tory
of
TEL
"A radio receiver will be as common in the classroom as the blackboard...”“ ...radio instruction will be integrated into school life“William Levenson, Director Ohio School of the Air, 1945
Photo courtesy http://www.flickr.com/photos/nite_owl/
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His
tory
of
TEL
• Late evaluation shows education value was overstated
(“Teachers and Machines”, Cuban, 1985) (http://bit.ly/hSKRhP)
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When t
o U
se G
E“Wow!”
Isn’t enough
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Show geog/geol evidence over multiple scales and locations
When t
o U
se G
E 1
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When 3D is important W
hen t
o U
se G
E 2
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When t
o U
se G
E 3 Streetview
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When N
ot…
1 World Maps
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When N
ot…
2 When 3D is *not* importantThematic 3D maps (untested)
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Anim
ati
ons
in E
d.
Mayer et al• Audio better than text and text/audio• Close in time, space
– Labels, say and show the same thing!
• Personal language, use of ‘I’• ‘Chapters’ – logical chunks of content
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r Test
ing
Tours
Slideware with 3D transitionsUnstudied Characteristics of Virtual
Flights:SpeedCamera anglesOverview
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Resu
lts Speed: x2 as fast as ‘comfortable’ = fine
Camera angles: no big effect (conservative?)
Overview: Big effect.
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Concl
usi
on
Animations
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