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Student Satisfaction with Learning Management Systems: A Lens of Critical Success Factors
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Naveh, Gali; Tubin, Dorit; Pliskin, Nava – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2012
Institutions of higher education have invested heavily in learning management systems (LMS) for creating course websites. Yet, how to assess LMS effectiveness is not fully agreed upon. Based on institutional theory, this article considers student satisfaction as indicative of LMS success and proposes a lens of critical success factors (CSF) as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Student Attitudes, Success
Guiding Students to Answers: Query Recommendation
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Yilmazel, Ozgur – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2011
This paper reports on a guided navigation system built on the textbook search engine developed at Anadolu University to support distance education students. The search engine uses Turkish Language specific language processing modules to enable searches over course material presented in Open Education Faculty textbooks. We implemented a guided…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Search Engines, Language Processing, Information Retrieval
Digitized Special Collections and Multiple User Groups
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Gueguen, Gretchen – Journal of Archival Organization, 2010
Many organizations have evolved since their early attempts to mount digital exhibits on the Web and are experimenting with ways to increase the scale of their digitized collections by utilizing archival finding aid description rather than resource-intensive collections and exhibits. This article examines usability research to predict how such…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Electronic Libraries, Exhibits, Internet
The Virtual Anatomy Laboratory: Usability Testing to Improve an Online Learning Resource for Anatomy Education
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Doubleday, Eldridge G.; O'Loughlin, Valerie D.; Doubleday, Alison F. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2011
An increasing number of instructors are seeking to provide students with online anatomy resources. Many researchers have attempted to identify associations between resource use and student learning but few studies discuss the importance of usability testing in resource design and modification. Usability testing provides information about ease of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Testing, Online Courses, Anatomy
Effects of Fading Support on Hypertext Navigation and Performance in Student-Centered E-Learning Environments
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Kester, Liesbeth; Kirschner, Paul A. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2009
Whether fading support for problems affects accuracy of hypertext navigation and problem performance is investigated in this study. In a student-centered e-learning environment conceptual support is added to help domain novices get an overview of the problem domain, while strategic support is provided to help domain novices get insight into the…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Hypermedia, Program Effectiveness, Problem Solving
Effects of the ISIS Recommender System for Navigation Support in Self-Organised Learning Networks
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Drachsler, Hendrik; Hummel, Hans; van den Berg, Bert; Eshuis, Jannes; Waterink, Wim; Nadolski, Rob; Berlanga, Adriana; Boers, Nanda; Koper, Rob – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
The need to support users of the Internet with the selection of information is becoming more important. Learners in complex, self-organising Learning Networks have similar problems and need guidance to find and select most suitable learning activities, in order to attain their lifelong learning goals in the most efficient way. Several research…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Learning Activities, Lifelong Learning, Program Effectiveness