The article reviews 42 studies investigating the role of sequencing of text and pictures for learning outcomes. It is not so much the sequence of text and pictures per se that affects learning outcomes than boundary conditions (i.e., type of assessed knowledge, relative complexity. The relative complexity of information conveyed by the picture and by the text should determine which medium is better to be processed first, with less complex information being processed first leading to better comprehension.
Continue ReadingWhy Are There Still So Many Jobs? The History and Future of Workplace Automation
The research of the reasons why automation has not wiped out a majority of jobs over the decades and centuries. How recent and future advances in artificial intelligence and robotics should shape our thinking about the likely trajectory of occupational change and employment growth
Continue ReadingA survey on Information Visualization in light of Vision and Cognitive sciences
Information Visualization techniques are built on a context with many factors related to both vision and cognition, making it difficult to draw a clear picture of how data visually turns into comprehension. In the intent of promoting a better picture, here, we survey concepts on vision, cognition, and Information Visualization organized in a theorization named Visual Expression Process.
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