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Flexibility Requirements concerning the Design of Synchronous E-Learning Systems
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Jahn, Matthias; Piesche, Claudia; Jablonski, Stefan – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2012
Purpose: Today's requirements concerning successful learning support comprise a variety of application scenarios. Therefore, the development of supporting software preferably aims at modular design. This article discusses requirements regarding flexibility of e-learning systems and presents important principles, which should be met by successful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication
Collaborative Model for Remote Experimentation Laboratories Used by Non-Hierarchical Distributed Groups of Engineering Students
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Herrera, Oriel A.; Fuller, David A. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
Remote experimentation laboratories (REL) are systems based on real equipment that allow students to carry out a laboratory practice through the Internet on the computer. In engineering, there have been numerous initiatives to implement REL over recent years, given the fundamental role of laboratory activities. However, in the past efforts have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperation, Science Laboratories, Engineering Education
Assessing QuADEM: Preliminary Notes on a New Method for Evaluating Online Language Learning Courseware
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Strobl, Carola; Jacobs, Geert – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2011
In this article, we set out to assess QuADEM (Quality Assessment of Digital Educational Material), one of the latest methods for evaluating online language learning courseware. What is special about QuADEM is that the evaluation is based on observing the actual usage of the online courseware and that, from a checklist of 12 different components,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Video Technology, Feedback (Response)
Combining Design Patterns and Elements of Social Computing for the Design of User Centered Online Help Systems
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Heckner, Markus; Schworm, Silke; Wolff, Christian – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2010
Many current (online) help systems fail because users refuse to use them or, even if they do so, they do not perceive them as helpful. There is an obvious gap between the intentions of the help content authors and the achievement of objectives concerning the perceived usefulness by help users. Problems may be divided into psychological and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Prior Learning, Psychology, Internet
Social Navigation in Web Lectures: A Study of VirtPresenter
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Mertens, Robert; Ketterl, Markus; Brusilovsky, Peter – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2010
Purpose: Social navigation is an emerging trend for navigation in hypermedia. With social navigation, users can be guided through large volumes of learning content by cues which integrate the browsing history of past users. Earlier papers have shown that social navigation is suitable for navigation not only in classic hypermedia but also in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Cues, Questionnaires
Multimedia Learning Systems Based on IEEE Learning Object Metadata (LOM).
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Holzinger, Andreas; Kleinberger, Thomas; Muller, Paul – 2001
One of the "hottest" topics in recent information systems and computer science is metadata. Learning Object Metadata (LOM) appears to be a very powerful mechanism for representing metadata, because of the great variety of LOM Objects. This is on of the reasons why the LOM standard is repeatedly cited in projects in the field of eLearning…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Distance Education, Educational Resources, Educational Technology