ErgonomiA.ca

Théorie développée pour la didactique par Merrill (1994), elle est fort intéressante d’un point de vue cognitif. La grille de rapport entre la performance et le contenu en contexte d’apprentissage s’applique aussi complètement au traitement de l’information d’un usager lors d’une interaction avec une interface.

“Merrill (1983) explains the assumptions about cognition that underly CDT. While acknowledging a number of different types of memory, Merrill claims that associative and algorithmic memory structures are directly related to the performance components of Remember and Use/Find respectively. Associative memory is a hierarchial network structure; algorithmic memory consists of schema or rules. The distinction between Use and Find performances in algorithmic memory is the use of existing schema to process input versus creating a new schema through reorganization of existing rules.”

Component Display (or Design) Theory

(more on the theory)

L’architecture d’information: une spécialité des sciences de l’information…une communauté de pratiques…une profession… qui se structurent…

Les grands “fondateurs” du domaine comme Peter Morville et Lou Rosenfeld sont bien entendu au RDV du nouveau Asilomar Institute of Information Architecture.

Le communiqué indique:

“AIfIA is a non-profit volunteer organization that serves as a resource for organizations and individuals seeking to learn more about information architecture and its benefits, and assists information architects who wish to promote the field. Information architecture, the art and science of structuring and classifying information on web sites and intranets, is a growing field that is becoming increasingly important in the modern information age.”