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This essay describes a new concept in the human-computer interface (HCI). It focuses on the users' experience in a technological environment as contrasted with the user experience. A users' experience is under the control of the user in a system that reflects the organization of the user. We often hear about the "user experience." That is quite another matter. A user experience is what has been plotted and scripted for the user. The messy desk is the concept for a user interface presented in
The Messy Desk
. It builds on research that has found that the desks of many effective people are messy. If people construct their own interface they know where to find things. The model presented is for elearning, but transfers readily into a more generalized concept.
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This document describes methods for producing learning or content objects in manageable, reusable forms. Although it refers to the SCORM Sharable Content Object (SCO), it has application in the IMS Content Package, particularly the associated content type resource in the Common Cartridge specification.
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