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The Role of Different Media in Designing Learning Environments
Allan Collins, Northwestern University, Boston College
Peter Neville, Northwestern University
Katerine Bielaczyc, Boston College

Abstract
As a broader array of communication tools is developed, designers of learning environments need a better understanding of what kinds of communication each medium is best suited for. Each of the new media have different affordances and constraints. One of our principles for the design of learning environments is "sender unto each medium what it does best. This paper is an attempt to state some of what we know about what different media are good for....

  posted by Ray at 1/19/2002 02:34:00 PM permanent item link   

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