A Multimodal Framework for Computer Mediated Learning: The Reshaping of Curriculum Knowledge and Learning

a. Sequence 1

b. Sequence 2
c. Sequence 3

Figure 4.5 The opening screen of the three sequences of Bindy in Chapter One.

In the first sequence (shown in figure 4.5 a) he is shown as emerging from an image
of the setting of the ‘Novel as CD-ROM’. He stands with his hand on one hip, a
relaxed but controlled posture, and says in a rich, country voice:

If anything Of Mice and Men is about intense loneliness and anger
brought on by hopelessness. It is not surprising then that John
Steinbeck set his novel a few miles south of Soledad, California.
Soledad is Spanish for solitude.

The image of the character guide then dissolves and shrinks ‘back’ into the screen.

In the second sequence (figure 4.5 b) Bindy is initially shown outside of the ‘Novel’.
He walks into view from outside of the frame, and jumps up, trying to reach the
‘rope’ hanging on a nail on the right hand frame of the screen. Failing to get the rope
he instructs the user, ‘ Well anyway, if you wanta’ make a bookmark, click here’ and
then ‘exits’ walking ‘off screen’

In the third sequence (figure 4.5 c) the character guide walks in to screen from the
side-frame of the screen image. He steps one foot over the edge of the frame, sits

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