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interactivity

interactivity

8 4.6
The way an app or website lets people do things and get responses
  • noun
  • /ˌɪntərˈæktɪvɪti/
translation icon : interactividad
  • The challenge that many instructors face is how to balance the presentation of content with interactivity.
  • high interactivity
  • level of interactivity
  • online interactivity

It's the it's the interactivity with the world.

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Examples

  • Virtually all of them offer some level of interactivity, and a growing number are web-based or network-connected.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In moving North Country to the digital realm, interactivity was my first concern.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Do you have any comments on interactivity in library systems?

  • The key question here, one that makes interactivity crucial, is how we can change and be changed by narratives.

    Academic text (1999)
  • For a large portion of the website's audience, interactivity is the key to grasping these concepts.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The self-pacing and interactivity features of the medium make it especially beneficial to learners.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Responses to what made the lessons successful most frequently mentioned engagement, enjoyment, and interactivity.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Finally, the discussions clearly supplied the human interactivity (student-instructor and student-student) missing from the self-instructional case study.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The website's design focuses on user interactivity, enabling visitors to engage directly with the content.

  • In modern video games, interactivity allows players to influence the storyline and outcomes in real time.

How Interactive

reactivity
1 6.8
interactivity
8 4.6
engagement
  • Jargon
39 3.9
passivity
9 6.3

Surface Forms

interactivity singular

Morphology

interactivity = interactive (transparent) = interact + ity

Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ity' to 'interactive', yielding the quality of being interactive.

Etymology

The word interactivity comes from the parts inter- meaning 'between', active meaning 'doing', and -ity meaning 'state'. So, interactivity is the 'state of doing between' people or devices, in other words how well they can respond to or talk with each other.