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Professor Ric Lowe

Position	Professor
Faculty	Faculty of Humanities
School	School of Education
Campus	Bentley Campus
Location	501.205
Phone	+618 9266 2186
Fax	+618 9266 2547
Email	R.K.Lowe@curtin.edu.au

Publications

Books (Research) - Edited

2008

• Rouet, J., R. K. Lowe, and W. Schnotz. ed. 2008. Understanding multimedia documents. New York: Springer.

2007

• Lowe, R. K., and W. Schnotz. ed. 2007. Learning with animation: Research implications for design. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Book Chapters (Research)

2008

• Lowe, R. K., and J. M. Boucheix. 2008. “Learning from animated diagrams: How are mental models built?.” In Diagrammatic representation and inference, ed. Gem Stapleton, John Howse, and John Lee, 266-281. Berlin: Springer.
• Lowe, R. K., and J. M. Boucheix. 2008. “Supporting relational processing in complex animated diagrams.” In Diagrammatic representation and inference, ed. Gem Stapleton, John Howse, John Lee, 391-394. Berlin: Springer.
• Lowe, R. K., and W. Schnotz. 2008. “A unified view of learning from animated and static graphics.” In Learning with animation: Research implications for design, ed. Richard Lowe and Wolfgang Schnotz, 304-356. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Lowe, R. K. 2008. “Learning from animation: Where to look, when to look.” In Learning with animation: Research implications for design, ed. Richard Lowe and Wolfgang Schnotz, 49-68. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Lowe, R. K. 2008. “Searching user-controllable animations during learning.” In Understanding multimedia documents, ed. Jean-Francois Rouet, Richard Lowe, Wolfgang Schnotz, 149-168. Berlin: Springer.
• Rouet, J., R. K. Lowe, and W. Schnotz. 2008. “Understanding multimedia documents - an introduction.” In Understanding multimedia documents, ed. Jean-Francois Rouet, Richard Lowe, Wolfgang Schnotz, 1-14. Berlin: Springer.

2007

• Lowe, R. K. 2007. “Animated documentation: A way of comprehending complex procedural tasks?.” In Written documents in the workplace, ed. D. Alamargot, P. Terrier, J-M. Cellier, 231-242. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

2006

• Lowe, R. K. 2006. “Changing perceptions of animated diagrams.” In Diagrammatic representation and inference, ed. D. Barker-Plummer, R. Cox, N. Swoboda, 168-172. New York: Springer.

2005

• Lowe, R. K. 2005. “Multimedia Learning of Meteorology.” In The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning, ed. Richard. E. Mayer, 429-446. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Journal Articles (Research)

2013

• Mason, L., R. K. Lowe, and M. Tornatora. 2013. “Self-generated drawings for supporting comprehension of a complex animation.” Contemporary Educational Psychology 38: 211-224.
• Ploetzner, R., R. K. Lowe, and S. Schlag. 2013. “A systematic characterization of cognitive techniques for learning from textual and pictorial representations.” Journal of Education and Learning 2 (2): 78-95.

2012

• Ploetzner, R., and R. K. Lowe. 2012. “A systematic characterisation of expository animations.” Computers in Human Behavior 28 (3): 781-794.

2011

• Lowe, R. K., W. Schnotz, and T. Rasch. 2011. “Aligning affordances of graphics with learning task requirements.” Applied Cognitive Psychology 25 (3): 452-459.
• Lowe, R. K., and J. M. Boucheix. 2011. “Cueing complex animations: Does direction of attention foster learning processes?.” Learning and Instruction 21 (5): 650-663.

2010

• Lowe, R. K., and J. M. Boucheix. 2010. “An eye tracking comparison of external pointing cues and internal continuous cues in learning with complex animations.” Learning and Instruction 20: 123-135.

2008

• Fischer, S., R. K. Lowe, and S. Schwan. 2008. “Effects of presentation speed of a dynamic visualization on the understanding of a mechanical system.” Applied Cognitive Psychology 22: 1126-1141.

2004

• Lowe, R. K. 2004. “Interrogation of a dynamic visualisation during learning.” Learning and Instruction 14: 257-274.

2003

• Lowe, R. K. 2003. “Animation and learning: Selective processing of information in dynamic graphics.” Learning and Instruction 13 (2): 157-176.

Conference Articles (Research)

2012

• Lowe, R. K., and J. M. Boucheix. 2012. “Addressing Challenges of Biological Animations.” In EARLI SIG 2 meeting 2012, Aug 28, 2012, Grenoble, France: Universite Pierre-Mendes-France.
• Lowe, R. K., and J. M. Boucheix. 2012. “Dynamic Diagrams: A Composition Alternative.” In Diagrams 2012: 7th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Jul 2, 2012, United Kingdom: Springer.
• Putri, D. K., J. M. Boucheix, and R. K. Lowe. 2012. “Effects of Simplified Ancillary Representations and Cues on Learning from Animation.” In EARLI SIG 2 meeting 2012, Aug 28, 2012, Grenoble, France: Universite Pierre-Mendes-France.
• Betrancourt, M., S. Ainsworth, E. De Vries, J. M. Boucheix, and R. K. Lowe. 2012. “Graphicacy: Do Readers of Science Textbooks Need It?.” In EARLI SIG 2 meeting 2012, Aug 28, 2012, Grenoble, France: Universite Pierre-Mendes-France.
• Boucheix, J. M., and R. K. Lowe. 2012. “How Do Viewers Spontaneously Segment Animated Diagrams of Mechanical and Biological Subject Matter?.” In Diagrams 2012: 7th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Jun 2, 2012, United Kingdom: Springer.
• Boucheix, J. M., R. K. Lowe, S. Ainsworth, M. Betrancourt, and E. De Vries. 2012. “Paired Graphics: An Exploratory Study of Graphicacy.” In ERALI SIG 2 meeting 2012, Aug 28, 2012, Grenoble, France: Universite Pierre-Mendes-France.
• Lowe, R. K. 2012. “Using Vibration to Guide Exploration of Haptic Graphics.” In EARLI SIG 2 meeting 2012, Aug 28, 2012, Grenoble, France: Universite Pierre-Mendes-France.

2010

• Lowe, R. K., and J. M. Boucheix. 2010. “Attention direction in static and animated diagrams.” In 6th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2010, Aug 9, 2010, Portland, USA: Springer.
• Lowe, R. K., and M. Keehner. 2010. “Comparing search of tactile and visual graphics.” In SIG2 - 2010: Comprehension of Text and Graphics. Tracing the mind: How do we learn from text and graphics?, Aug 26, 2010, Tuebingen Germany: Knowledge Media Research Centre.
• Boucheix, J. M., R. K. Lowe, L. Paire-Ficou, L. Saby, A. Alauzet, F. Conte, J. Groff, and S. Argon. 2010. “Comprehension of animated public information graphics.” In SIG2 - 2010: Comprehension of Text and Graphics. Tracing the mind: How do we learn from text and graphics?, Aug 25, 2010, Tuebingen, Germany: Knowledge Media Research Centre.
• Mason, L., and R. K. Lowe. 2010. “Drawing to support animation comprehension.” In SIG2 - 2010: Comprehension of Text and Graphics. Tracing the mind: How do we learn from text and graphics?, Aug 26, 2010, Tuebingen Germany: Knowledge Media Research Centre.
• Lowe, R. K. 2010. “Entity and space cues in animated graphics.” In SIG2 - 2010: Comprehension of Text and Graphics. Tracing the mind: How do we learn from text and graphics?, Aug 26, 2010, Tuebingen Germany: Knowledge Media Research Centre.
• De Vries, E., and R. K. Lowe. 2010. “Graphicacy: What does the learner bring to a graphic?.” In SIG2 - 2010: Comprehension of Text and Graphics. Tracing the mind: How do we learn from text and graphics?, Aug 26, 2010, Tuebingen Germany: Knowledge Media Research Centre.
• Lowe, R. K., and J. M. Boucheix. 2010. “Manipulable models for investigating processing of dynamic diagrams.” In The 6th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Aug 9, 2010, Portland, USA: Springer.
• Lowe, R. K., and M. Keehner. 2010. “Seeing with the hands and with the eyes: The contributions of haptic cues to anatomical shape recognition in surgery.” In 2010 AAAI Spring Symposium Series, Mar 22, 2010, Stanford University, Stanford, California: AAAI Press.
• Lowe, R. K., and J. M. Boucheix. 2010. “Unfair competition: Static cues in animated graphics.” In SIG2 - 2010: Comprehension of Text and Graphics. Tracing the mind: How do we learn from text and graphics?, Aug 26, 2010, Tuebingen Germany: Knowledge Media Research Centre.

2007

• Lowe, R. K. 2007. “Animating ideas: Communicating complex dynamic content.” In Apple University Consortium Conference, Sep 26, 2007, Queensland australia: Queensland University of Technology.

2006

• Lowe, R. K. 2006. “Animations: A key advance for open and distance learning?.” In 17th Biennial Conference of the Open and Distance Learning Association, Nov 11, 2005, Adelaide: Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia.
• Lowe, R. K. 2006. “Educational animation: Who should call the shots?.” In Who's Learning? Whose Technology?, Dec 3, 2006, Sydney: Sydney University Press.
• Fischer, S., R. K. Lowe, and S. Schwan. 2006. “Effects of presentation speed of a dynamic visualization on the understanding of a mechanical system.” In CogSci/ICCS 2006, Jul 26, 2006, Vancouver, Canada: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc..
• Boucheix, J. M., R. K. Lowe, and A. Soirat. 2006. “Online processing of a complex technical animation: Eye tracking investigation during verbal description.” In Text and graphics comprehension, Aug 30, 2006, University of Nottingham, UK: University of Nottingham.

2005

• Lowe, R. K. 2005. “Animations: A key advance for open and distance learning?.” In 17th Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia Conference, Nov 9, 2005, Adelaide South Australia: Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia.
• Lowe, R. K. 2005. “Selection of the fittest: Choosing between dynamic and static graphics.” In Apple University Academic and Developers Conference, Sep 25, 2005, Hobart Tasmania: Apple Computer.

2004

• Lowe, R. K. 2004. “Animation and learning: Value for money?.” In ASCILITE, Dec 5, 2004, Perth: Australasian society for computers in learning in tertiary education.
• Lowe, R. K. 2004. “User-controllable animated diagrams: The solution for learning dynamic content?.” In Third International Conference, Diagrams 2004, Mar 22, 2004, Cambridge University, UK: Springer.

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