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First Impressions of an Educational Website: The Relationship between Student Attributes and Visual Preferences for the Digital Learning Environment
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Manning, Flori H.; Lawless, Kimberly A. – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2011
The present study examined students' first impressions of different aesthetic treatments for the same web-based lesson about the experiences of British soldiers during World War I as expressed through examples of trench poetry. Holding site content and functionality constant, the interface design's visual presentation was manipulated along two…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Web Sites, Internet
Use of Wikis in Graduate Course Work
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Bold, Mary – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2006
Graduate education in an online environment frequently means relying on a course management system (CMS) but also calls for additional interactive components. Courses in an online Master's in Family Studies incorporated wikis (Hawaiian word for "quick") to support collaboration among students. Online collaboration can replicate the expected…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Management Systems, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
Students' Perceptions of Course Web Sites Used in Face-to-Face Instruction
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Ballard, Sharon; Stapleton, Joy; Carroll, Elizabeth – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2004
The use of technology in university and college classrooms has changed in recent years to include the use of course Web sites as a supplement to face-to-face instruction (Green, 2000). Despite this increase in the use of course Web sites in college courses, limited attention has been given to student perceptions of this pedagogical tool. This…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Student Attitudes, Web Based Instruction, Teaching Methods