Designing an interface for supporting information visualisation in eLearning discussion forums

Authors:
David Hamilton;David Hunt;Chris Knowles
Affiliations:
University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand;University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand;University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Venue:
CHINZ '02 Proceedings of the SIGCHI-NZ Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction
Year:
2002

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Abstract

This paper reports on the development of a prototype interface for a community discussion forum. The intention of the interface is to not only provide a means of access to a community forum, but also to portray information about that forum to the participants. The interface is therefore, being designed as being both an access mechanism to content information and a useful information visualisation tool. The interface design uses a metaphor of a 'nation of islands'. The constraints imposed by this metaphor are presented in terms of the techniques used to generate the visual representations of activity within the forum.