Information communications technology (ICT) has been found to be one of the most potent tools for promot- ing equity and access to education, and a great resource in bridging the gap of the digital divide. ICT affects almost all of our everyday activities, be it business, defense, or space exploration. Being informed of the latest information has become essential for survival. Educational enterprises also beneft from the advantages and technological learning tools offered by ICT. ICT is indispensable for creating effective distance education learn- ing environments. Consequently, the developments in human computer interaction (HCI) now assume greater signifcance, with. | PREMIER REFERENCE SOURCE ENHANCING LEARNING THROUGH HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION Enhancing Learning Through Human Computer Interaction Elspeth McKay RMIT Australia Idea Group REFERENCE IDEA GROUP REFERENCE Hershey London Melbourne Singapore Acquisitions Editor Development Editor Senior Managing Editor Managing Editor Assistant Managing Editor Copy Editor Typesetter Cover Design Printed at Kristin Klinger Kristin Roth Jennifer Neidig Sara Reed Sharon Berger Julie LeBlanc Sara Reed Lisa Tosheff Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Idea Group Reference an imprint of Idea Group Inc. 701 E. Chocolate Avenue Suite 200 Hershey PA 17033 Tel 717-533-8845 Fax 717-533-8661 E-mail cust@ Web site http and in the United Kingdom by Idea Group Reference an imprint of Idea Group Inc. 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU Tel 44 20 7240 0856 Fax 44 20 7379 0609 Web site http Copyright 2007 by Idea Group Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored or distributed in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying without written permission from the publisher. Product or company names used in this set are for identification purposes only. Inclusion of the names of the products or companies does not indicate a claim of ownership by IGI of the trademark or registered trademark. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Enhancing learning through human computer interaction Elspeth McKay editor. p. cm. Summary This book is a manual for the novice-Human Computer Interaction HCI designer. It compares and contrasts online business training programs with e-Learning in the higher education sector and provides a range of positive outcomes for linking information management techniques which exploit the educational benefits of Web-mediated learning in computer supported collaborative learning --Provided by publisher. Includes .
