| Usability design strategies for children： Developing children＇s learning and knowledge in decreasing their dental anxiety |
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| 作者姓名： | Wan Ahmad Jaafar Wan Yahaya Sobihatun Nur Abdul Salam |
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| 作者单位： | [1]Center for Instructional Technology and Multimedia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia [2]College of Arts and Science, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah 06010, Malaysia |
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| 摘 要： | This paper presents an example of how usability design strategies for children can be designed into educational material using CD-ROM based multimedia application for assisting parents and teachers to develop children＇s learning and knowledge in decreasing as well as motivate children aged 7-9 years old to reduce their anxious feelings towards dental treatment. In this paper, the authors provide usability design strategies for children in designing the information interfaces and presentation of a PMLE （persuasive multimedia learning environment）. PMLE is designed based on the six design categories of guidelines for children which have been applied to this study： general interaction, text, multimedia, navigation and search, graphical user interface and content. The results authors were able to on presenting this PMLE to 240 primary school children selected at random show how the decrease children＇s dental anxiety and motivate the children to get ready for dental visit.
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| 关 键 词： | 设计策略 学习环境 可用性 焦虑症 儿童 牙科 知识 多媒体应用 |
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