Granularity in the design of interactive illustrations

Authors:
Daniel L. Gould;Rosemary M. Simpson;Andries van Dam
Affiliations:
Brown University site of the NSF Science and Technology Center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization, Box 1910, Brown University, Providence, RI;Brown University site of the NSF Science and Technology Center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization, Box 1910, Brown University, Providence, RI;Brown University site of the NSF Science and Technology Center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization, Box 1910, Brown University, Providence, RI
Venue:
SIGCSE '99 The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1999

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Abstract

We describe some issues in designing and building educational Java applets for an introductory computer graphics course. The design problem involves balancing educational goals of building intuition about fundamental concepts in a domain against heterogeneity both in subject material and in student backgrounds. We present our design approach for resolving these forces --- fine-grained units addressing small concepts --- and discuss its effects on other areas including hypertext structure, interface design, and software engineering.