More specifically, the development of a component-based framework that enables developers to employ reusable software components enhanced with metadata, creating complete instructional visualizations for a given subject and integrating these visualizations in an appropriate learning context, is discussed.

From the contents: Introduction.- Visualization and Animation in Education.- Reusable Instructional Visualization Modules.- Multibook: The Personal Multimedia Book.- Collaborative Use of Instructional Visualizations.- Conclusions and Outlook.- Abbreviations.- References.- Supervised Theses.- Appendix A: Case Study: Visualization of JPEG.- Appendix B: LOM.

In this book several concepts with respect to the development and reusability of multimedia content in web-based learning systems are introduced. More specifically, the development of a component-based framework that enables developers to employ reusable software components enhanced with metadata, creating complete instructional visualizations for a given subject and integrating these visualizations in an appropriate learning context, will be discussed.Two activities for making stand-alone visualizations group-aware are addressed: transparent sharing of the same instructional visualization with diverse views in a moderated session, and organization of interactions in the shared workspace. No other work has addressed the issue of transparent collaboration based on instructional visualizations enhanced with metadata in such a way.

A book addressing the newest expertise in multimedia learning systems A guide to developing an interactive learning module A new way to analyze existing interactive visualization systems Provides a direct comparison of various reusable technologies for interactive learning systems Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras