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This paper addresses the promises of new media in relation to the cognitive and collaborative benefits they might bring after all. After having highlighted the urgency for telematic backbones of realistic multi- and hypermedia applications the issue of convergence is taken into the discussion. Concept mapping programs are introduced as tools for mental articulation, problem solving, designing and communication support. Quite often, the process of designing is regarded as a step by step migration from precise specifications and need analysis to the realisation of the product or service. Problem solving is taken then as a formalization of the stepwise procedure, inherently saying that the designer has to chose among previously given alternatives. In case the designer faces new media applications, this ‘convergence’ approach is quite unsuitable as it Two blueprints for PhD. research projects on this topic are proposed. The emerging conclusion is that grappling with new media developments can only be effective if at the same time we set out long-term expeditions towards new methods of working and new attitudes towards collaborative processes in job tasks and learning.
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Kommers, P. (1996). Conceptual support by the new media for co-operative learning in the next century. In: Brusilovsky, P., Kommers, P., Streitz, N. (eds) Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Virtual Reality Models, Systems, and Applications. MHVR 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1077. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61282-3_20
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