Expanding access to science and technology: Session 3: New technologies and media for information retrieval and transfer: Multimedia technology: A design challenge

Expanding access to science and technology

Session 3: New technologies and media for information retrieval and transfer

Multimedia technology: A design challenge

		Abstract
		1. Introduction
		2. What are communication media and how do they differ?
		3. Are human beings aware of the capabilities of different media?
		4. What can the technology do now?
		5. User centred or design centred?
		6. The PROMISE multimedia interface project
		7. How does one design a multimedia interface?
		8. Some initial guidelines
		9. Conclusions
		10. Acknowledgements
		References

James L. Alty