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Identifier

000386817

Title

Designing MeanWriter, an HTML5 element-oriented WYSIWYM writing and reading tool for e-learning environments

Alternative Title

Σχεδιάζοντας τον MeanWriter, ένα HTML5 WYSIWYM εργαλείο σύνταξης και ανάγνωσης κειμένου για εκπαιδευτικά περιβάλλοντα

Author

Καινουργιάκης, Γεώργιος Ιπποκράτη

Thesis advisor

Νικολάου, Χρήστος

Reviewer

Σπαντιδάκης, Ιωάννης
Πλεξουσάκης, Δημήτριος

Abstract

The evolution of writing technology from early writing instruments to modern day computers, created a great impact in social organization, cultural transmission, learning, communication and language. Yet, early word processing systems exhibited issues in the visual correspondence between the author's display and the printed output, which was a critical problem in a paper dependent world. The rising of graphical user interfaces and the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) writing approach in the early 1970's restored this correspondence, allowing the user to visually format documents and produce fixed sized formats capable of printing. This approach is still dominant in word processing, desktop publishing as well as web authoring systems, despite the recent technological breakthroughs and the growing independence from paper. The rising of the Internet and mobile devices triggered the creation of WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) approach, as well as the use of reflowable content instead of fixed sized formats. WYSIWYM reduces the visual formating capabilities and encourages authors to semantically annotate the document's structure, providing an automatic visual feedback for every structural element. Moreover, the gradual penetration of Learning Management Systems in educational practice, raised the interest for learning theories and instruction with new technologies. In this thesis, we present the design and implementation of MeanWriter, an HTML5 WYSIWYM writing and reading tool that incorporates features deriving from writing research and modern learning theories. Apart from the simple interface, MeanWriter provides facilitations for planning, organizing and revising documents, as well as for the customization of the visual layout that satisfies the preferences and the visual abilities of the reader.

Language

English, Greek

Subject

HTML editor

Wysiwym

Συντάκτης HTML

Issue date

2014-07-25

Collection

School/Department--School of Sciences and Engineering--Department of Computer Science--Post-graduate theses

Type of Work--Post-graduate theses

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