Empirical research and design of instructions
"Jose de Souza" <[email protected]>
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Colleagues, Does anyone know when it was the first time that designers of instructions (not psychologists, educators or ergonomists) used data from empirical research to confirm that a certain type of design solution was better than the existing one? My "educated" guess is Will Burtin and L.P. Lessing. They suggested that highly illustrated printed instructions (designed by them during the Second World War) were more effective than instructional films versions. These instructions were targeted at "American high school boys" who needed to learn how to use aerial gunners in a very short period of time, and had difficulty to remember procedures conveyed through film. Do you know something else? José Burtin, W., & Lessing, L. P. (1948). Interrelations. Graphis - The International Journal of Visual Communication, 4(22), 108-122. -- José Marconi Bezerra de Souza PhD Student Department of Typography & Graphic Communication The University of Reading Member of the Society of Technical Communication ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: [email protected] ___________________________________________________________________