Understanding and using technological affordances: a response to Boyle and Cook

Our use of affordance draws on Salomon (Salomon, 1993) who takes the definition back to Gibson and Norman (Gibson, 1977; Norman, 1988). Perhaps a key difference between the use of the term affordance in design is the emphasis on intended use, whereas our approach reflects Salomon's focus...

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Main Authors: Gráinne Conole, Martin Dyke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for Learning Technology 2004-12-01
Series:Research in Learning Technology
Online Access:http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/11261