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What is Affordance
1.
The alignment between the features and functionalities of a technology and the needs and characteristics of a user and that work together to enable and sustain a satisfactory use experience.
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2.
It is a quality of an object that denotes the range of possible actions offered by that object. Considering
affordance
s is necessary to identify possibilities for action within a virtual settlement.
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3.
In a simplified way, it is a concept related to the properties of an object, where the object itself, because of its shape and design, suggests or “authorizes” the way it should be used. The interpretation of
affordance
, however, is not univocal and depends on the school of thought to which one makes reference. Since its introduction by the scholar J. J. Gibson, a major variation to the set of notions surrounding this concept is due to D. Norman (see before), who discussed it in the framework of industrial design and Human Computer Interaction.
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4.
A capability, an enablement.
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5.
The intuitive reasoning of how a particular object must be used as informed by the object or the context where the object is present.
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6.
A design feature purposefully embedded in an object, technology, or environment in order to clarify its use, to suggest other possible uses, or to make use easier. The extent to which an
affordance
is utilized depends on the recognition, ability, and inclination of the user.
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7.
A design feature that is purposefully embedded in an object, or environment, in order to clarify its use, to suggest other possible uses, or to make use easier. The extent to which an
affordance
is utilized depends on the recognition, ability, and inclination of the user.
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8.
A feature or characteristic of something that makes it easier for its users to perform an action.
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9.
“Opportunities for action” as perceived by an organism in its environment.
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10.
The term “
affordance
” was coined in 1977 by psychologist James Gibson. An
affordance
is the possibility of action(s) with a tool, digital or nondigital. All tools have
affordance
s.
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11.
A design feature that is purposefully embedded in an object, or environment, in order to clarify its use, to suggest other possible uses, or make its use easier. The extent to which an
affordance
is utilized depends on the recognition, ability, and inclination of the user.
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12.
An
affordance
is a resource or support that the environment offers an agent for action, and that the agent can directly perceive and employ.
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13.
The relationship between the properties of an object and a person’s capabilities to use those properties in goal-directed activities ( Gibson, 1979 ; Norman, 2013 ).
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14.
A person’s perceived opportunity to utilise a particular tool for action, for example, a doorknob is for turning. Within software, these are typically organised through user interfaces.
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15.
The term refers to the fit between an animal’s capabilities and the environmental supports and opportunities. An
affordance
is a potentiality for action; in other words, an action that can potentially be performed by a specific organism in a specific environment.
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16.
This concept was introduced by ecological psychologist James J. Gibson (1979). It refers to all the action possibilities latent in an environment for a particular observer. They are somewhat complicated in that they depend on the observer’s capacities for action, but are at the same time independent of the individual’s ability to recognize the possibilities.
Affordance
s are distinct from functions in that functions tend to be specific opportunities for action associated with the “purpose” of an object, whereas
affordance
s extend beyond the single purpose into all the inherent possibilities.
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17.
A function that is made possible through a technological device.
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18.
“ The
affordance
s of the environment are what it offers the animal, what it provides or furnishes, either for good or ill. The verb to afford is found in the dictionary, the noun
affordance
is not. I have made it up. I mean by it something that refers to both the environment and the animal in a way that no existing term does. It implies the complementarity of the animal and the environment ”. J. J. Gibson (1979). The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), Boston.
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19.
A characteristic of an environment that make learning possible in a certain way.
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20.
The design of the control (button, knob, etc.) informs users how to use it, such as a door handle affords the act of pulling.
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21.
Specific features of a tool or technology that facilitate learning.
Affordance
of different educational technologies vary and may include features such as visualization, interaction, manipulation, calculation, or play, to name a few.
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22.
An opportunity for action made available by an interface.
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23.
The perceived properties of a tool that represent its potential use. These properties have social, cultural, and historical significance and meaning.
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24.
The concept of
affordance
is somewhat variable across scientific areas. Its mutation from verb to noun occurs in Gibson’s Theory of
Affordance
s ( Gibson, 1986 ), referring to environmental actionable properties, but ultimately designating relationships between environments and actors therein.
Affordance
s have been ascribed a functional role in active cognition, in an attempt to deconstruct our perception of such relationships, as when Donald Norman (1999) discusses real versus perceived
affordance
s in interface design. Currently,
affordance
s are strongly related with interaction processes, designating a range of action possibilities ( Xenakis & Arnellos, 2013 ) emerging from engagement between actor and environment or artifact.
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25.
Is a characteristic related to the message received from a virtual or physical object that implies its specific manner of use.
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26.
Inherent usefulness of an object or tool related to those actions or possibilities which are readily perceivable by the user.
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27.
A person’s perceived opportunity to utilise a particular tool for action, for example, a doorknob is for turning. Within software, these are typically organised through user interfaces.
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28.
A design feature that is purposefully embedded in an object, or environment, in order to clarify its use, to suggest other possible uses, or to make use easier. The extent to which an
affordance
is utilized depends on the recognition, ability, and inclination of the user.
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29.
The way that a technology works and the understanding of what it can and cannot allow the user to do (Willcockson & Phelps, 2010).
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30.
The perception and actual properties which are used to determine the possibilities for actionable use.
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31.
It is defined as a feature or property of an online learning environment which can help learners use resources in this environment.
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32.
An enablement or ability, something that is made possible because of a mediating technology.
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33.
Affordance
s are those qualities of objects that lend themselves to the performance of a particular task or action. In computer software an
affordance
is often some aspect of the interface that suggests inherently how it is to be used.
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