Interactive and Animated Pictures: Mere Visual Stimulation or Better Clarity?
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Ballstaedt, Steffen-Peter
tekom
2006

Abstract:

Digitalisation has revolutionised the creation and editing of graphics, and ushered in new forms of technical communication on the visual plane. In online documentation, interactive illustrations and animations play an important role, but creating them is definitely time consuming and expensive. But is all the effort really worthwhile? Are animated and interactive images automatically also self-explanatory? Or what are their didactic benefits?