Perceived quality of multimedia educational content: A cognitive style approach

Multimedia Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-279

  Ghinea, Gheorghita ^a   Chen, Sherry Y ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive styles; Human factors; Learning style; Multimedia; Perceptual quality; Quality of service

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

COGNITIVE STYLES; HUMAN FACTORS; LEARNING STYLE; PERCEPTUAL QUALITY;

CURRICULA;

EID: 33644959297     PISSN: 09424962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00530-005-0007-8     Document Type: Article

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