Interactive Visual Explainers--A Simple Classification is the title of a feature article at elearningpost:

Interactives are one of the first experiments in interactive journalism. They are brief Web-based interactive visual explainers. They are designed to explain complex concepts or ideas. Of late, they are usually created in Macromedia Flash or Macromedia Director. Since the practice is new, different names are used to describe it -- "Flash Infographics", "Motion Graphics", and "Interaction Graphics" are some we've come across. We like "Interactives" because it embodies interaction--the building block of the Web--and thus does not bring across any preconceived notions from the print world.

The authors propose a classification for interactive visual explainers:

• Narratives--Enron 101
• Instructives--How Tornadoes Form
• Exploratives--Becoming Human Learning Center (click on 'Learning Center')
• Simulatives--What is a Print?
  Posted by dcoates at September 19, 2003 04:00 PM