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



Table 5.2 Summary of the representation of the elements of rule in Toontalk.

Elements of rule

Representation in Toontalk

Condition

Trained robot, thought bubble and animated key sensor

Action Movement

• The robot

• Horizontal position sensor co-ordinates

• Units of distance as number

• The movement of the co-ordinates

• Bammer hammering

Direction

• Value of number to be added to position sensor

• The function of addition

• Movement of co-ordinates

Object

Visually depicted

Spatial arrangement
of rule elements

No systematic order of direction

Genre of rule

Animated cartoon

Realism of rule

Sensory

Agency of user as
represented in rule

User in system (i.e. robot as extension of user)

Discussion of Program Mode and Rule

The modal affordances of image and movement in the representation of ‘condition’ in
pathways and Toontalk represent the user as an agent in the design of ‘rules’. In
Toontalk the user is represented as being within the system directly manipulating its
resources. The program configures the degree to which the entity ‘rule’ is the product
of human interaction (control) in specific ways that in turn position the user to the
understanding of ‘rule’ and the task of programming itself.

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