[Sigia-l] Instructive Interaction vs. Contextual Help vs.Print Documentati on

[John O'Donovan]

> If you were to separate the contextualization/access from the actual
media,
> then there'd be a framework for delivery of a variety of media from simple
> text to audio to full animation, depending on the user's prefs, available
> bandwidth, file size, nature of help, language, etc.

Indeed - it's one of the problems I'm dealing with at the moment, thinking
about how to build a very inclusive system that requires a framework to
deliver content with a variety of supporting instructive methods to improve
usability, accessibility and maximise inclusion for those with social,
mental and physical learning impediments (dyslexia, palsy, etc). Not easy,
and managing the cost for differentiation of content is another problem.

Cots is http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cbs/cbs_description.html

I think UCOTS is more like something I would see the doctor about...

Cheers,

jod



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> > But I do think there is still a lot of work to do in fully integrating
this
> > more closely with user tasks and having the show part of the instruction
> > less of an orthogonal process and more integrated into the UI. Animation
> > then becomes a great way of illustrating affordance.
>

>
> > COTS (Common Off The Shelf)
>
> So, John, is there an UCOTS (UnCommon Off The Shelf) variety? :-)
>
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