A knowledge base for evaluation and design of instructional multimedia software
Abstract
Authors and users of multimedia educational software are in front of the lack of experience in this recent field. Our works are oriented toward the research of relevant literature that could help understanding what is the specificity of such software. We particularly focus on finding criteria that describe satisfyingly the domain, exploring various areas, from usability to picture semantic, cinematography or text theories. The first part of this paper sums up our research along with the set of criteria we organised. We then applied and validated the knowledge we elaborated and structured, making tools to assist in evaluating and designing multimedia pedagogical software. The second part of the paper present our knowledge base and quickly describe some interfaces we built to exploit it.