Spatial Instructions for Designing Software Manuals for Non-native Speakers of English

• Project/Area Number: 19800032
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: The University of Aizu
• Principal Investigator: ROY Debopriyo The University of Aizu, コンピュータ理工学部, 准教授 (30453020)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,603,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,480,000、Indirect Cost: ¥123,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥533,000 (Direct Cost: ¥410,000、Indirect Cost: ¥123,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,070,000)
• Keywords: Usability / Concept Maps / Collaborative Technologies / Technical Writing / User Manuals / Design / Procedures / Language / Spatial / Manuals / Textual Perspectives / Collaborative Technology / Technical Documents / Virtual Learning Environments / procedures / language / spatial / manual / textual perspectives

Research Abstract

この研究は、概念マップのような空間的学習技術がどのようにしてソフトウェアマニュアルのようなテキストグラフィックの環境下において、手続き上の論理的理解を助けるかについて、理解しようとするものです。
さらに、この試みは複数のインターフェースが、概念マッピングに関わる複雑なプロジェクトのため、社会的にどのように使われることがあるかについても理解しようとするものです。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Procedural Instructions for Surgical Patient Education Modules : Spatial Perspectives in Technical Communication (2008)
  • Author(s): Debopriyo Roy
  • Journal Title: Publisher : VDM Verlag Press 1 Pages: 1-164
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Designing Text-Graphics Procedural Instructions for Surgical Patient Education Modules: An Experimental Study (2008)
  • Author(s): Debopriyo Roy
  • Journal Title: Technical Communication Quarterly 17(2) Pages: 173-201
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Significance of Configuration and Subassemblies in Sequential Procedural Instructions : An Experimental Study (2007)
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 50(2) Pages: 147-162
• [Journal Article] Significance of Configuration and Subassemblies in Sequential Procedural Instructions: An Experimental Study (2007)
  • Author(s): Debopriyo Roy
  • Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 50(2) Pages: 147-162
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Designing Complex Instructional Situations : A Case Study with Patient Education Modules
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference(Bad Hofgastein, Austria) 2009
• [Journal Article] Off-shoring Technical Writing Projects to India : Studying the Potential in an Emerging Market
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference(Bad Hofgastein, Austria) 2009
• [Journal Article] Intelligent Graphics and Media Richness : Redefining Text as a Medium
  • Author(s): Roy, D. and Brine, J.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the International Technology, Education and Development Conference(Valencia, Spain) 2009
• [Journal Article] Designing Complex Instructional Illustrations : A Case Study with Patient Education Modules
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the IEEE Professional Communication Society Japan Chapter Annual Conference(Tokyo, Japan) 2009
• [Journal Article] Designing Text-Graphics Procedural Instructions for Surgical Patient Education Modules : An Experimental Study
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Journal Title: Technical Communication Quarterly 2008
• [Journal Article] Structured Authoring of Technical Documents through Systematic Collaboration in Using Open- Source Technologies
  • Author(s): Roy, D. & Brine, J.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 7TH IASTED International Conference on Web-based Education(Innsbruck, Austria) 2008
• [Journal Article] Designing Instructional Graphics for Surgical Education
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications(Innsbruck, Austria) 2008
• [Journal Article] Using Concept Maps for Information Conceptualization and Schematization in Technical Reading and Writing Courses : A Case Study for Computer Science Majors in Japan
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the IEEE IPCC, Montreal(Canada) 2008
• [Journal Article] Using Open Source Systems to Teach Technical Document Production in a Japanese University
  • Author(s): Brine, J. and Roy, D.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the IEEE PCSJ Seminar(Aizu Wakamatsu city, Japan) 2007
• [Journal Article] Using Knowledge Models for Designing Problem-solving Activities in a Technical Writing Course
  • Author(s): Roy, D. and Johnson, N
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the IEEE PCSJ Seminar(Aizu-Wakamatsu city, Japan) 2007
• [Journal Article] Technology-Mediated EFL in a Japanese IT University
  • Author(s): Brine, J, Wilson, I and Roy, D.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 7^<th> International Conference on Computers and Information Technology Aizu-Wakamatsu city(Japan) 2007
• [Journal Article] Designing an Experimental Study to Explore Spatial Representations in English Software Manuals for Non-native Speakers
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the IEEE IPCC(Seattle, WA) 2007
• [Presentation] Designing Complex Instructional Situations : A Case Study with Patient Education Modules (2009)
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Bad Hofgastein, Austria
• [Presentation] Off-shoring Technical Writing Projects to India : Studying the Potential in an Emerging Market (2009)
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Bad Hofgastein, Austria
• [Presentation] Exploring the Usability of Collaborative Interfaces and Users' Preference in Combining Resources for Technical Document Production (2009)
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the International Technology, Education and Development Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Valencia, Spain
• [Presentation] Intelligent Graphics and Media Richness : Redefining Text as a Medium (2009)
  • Author(s): Roy, D. and Brine, J.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the International Technology, Education and Development Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Valencia, Spain
• [Presentation] Designing Complex Instructional Illustrations : A Case Study with Patient Education Modules (2009)
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the IEEE Professional Communication Society Japan Chapter Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo, Japan
• [Presentation] Intelligent Graphics and Media Richness : Redefining Text as a Medium. (2009)
  • Author(s): Debopriyo Roy
  • Organizer: INTED
  • Place of Presentation: Valencia, Spain
• [Presentation] Exploring the Usability of Collaborative Interfaces and Users' Preference in Combining Resources for Technical Document Production (2009)
  • Author(s): Debopriyo Roy
  • Organizer: INTED
  • Place of Presentation: Valencia, Spain
• [Presentation] Designing Complex Instructional Illustrations : A Case study with Patient Education Modules (2008)
  • Author(s): Debopriyo Roy
  • Organizer: IEEE PCSJ
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-16
• [Presentation] Structured Authoring of Technical Documents through Systematic Collaboration in Using Open-Source Technologies (2008)
  • Author(s): Roy, D. & Brine, J.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the 7TH IASTED International Conference on Web-based Education
  • Place of Presentation: Innsbruck, Austria
• [Presentation] Designing Instructional Graphics for Surgical Education (2008)
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications
  • Place of Presentation: Innsbruck, Austria
• [Presentation] Exploring the Usability of Collaborative Technologies and Users'Preference in Combining Resources for Technical Document Production (2008)
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the IEEE IPCC
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal, Canada
• [Presentation] Using Concept Maps for Information Conceptualization and Schematization in Technical Reading and Writing Courses : A Case Study for Computer Science Majors in Japan. (2008)
  • Author(s): Debopriyo Roy
  • Organizer: IEEE IPCC
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal, Canada
• [Presentation] Concept Maps, Technical Documents, Surgical Graphics Design (2008)
  • Author(s): Debopriyo Roy
  • Organizer: IEEE PCSJ, IASTED, IEEE IPCC
  • Place of Presentation: Austria, Montreal, Aizu
• [Presentation] Using Open Source Systems to Teach Technical Document Production in a Japanese University (2007)
  • Author(s): Brine, J. and Roy, D.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the IEEE PCSJ Seminar
  • Place of Presentation: Aizu-Wakamatsu city, Japan
• [Presentation] Using Knowledge Models for Designing Problem-solving Activities in a Technical Writing Course (2007)
  • Author(s): Roy, D. and Johnson, N.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the IEEE PCSJ Seminar
  • Place of Presentation: Aizu-Wakamatsu city, Japan.
• [Presentation] Technology-Mediated EFL in a Japanese IT University (2007)
  • Author(s): Brine, J, Wilson, I and Roy, D.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Computers and Information Technology Aizu-Wakamatsu city
  • Place of Presentation: Japan
• [Presentation] Designing an Experimental Study to Explore Spatial Representations in English Software Manuals for Non-native Speakers (2007)
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the IEEE IPCC conference
  • Place of Presentation: Seattle, WA
• [Book] Procedural Instructions for Surgical Patient Education Modules : Spatial Perspectives in Technical Communication (2008)
  • Author(s): Roy, D.
  • Publisher: VDM Verlag Press