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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
Interactivity Centered Usability Evaluation (ICUE) for Course Management Systems
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Yoon, Sangil – ProQuest LLC, 2010
ICUE (Interactivity Centered Usability Evaluation) is an enhanced usability testing protocol created by the researcher. ICUE augments the facilitator's role for usability testing, and offers strategies in developing and presenting usability tasks during a testing session. ICUE was designed to address weaknesses found in the usability evaluation of…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Management Systems, Testing, Interaction
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
Content Recommendation Based on Education-Contextualized Browsing Events for Web-Based Personalized Learning
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Wang, Feng-Hsu – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
The WWW is now in widespread use for delivering on-line learning content in many large-scale education settings. Given such widespread usage, it is feasible to accumulate data concerning the most useful learning experiences of past students and share them with future students. Browsing events that depict how past students utilized the learning…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Instructional Materials, Internet, Models
Effects of System's and User's Characteristics on E-Learning Use: A Study at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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Hong, Kian-Sam; Cheng, Julia Lee Ai; Liau, Tet-Loke – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2005
The benefits of an e-learning system will not be maximised if learners do not use the system. This study was conducted with 26 postgraduate students at a faculty in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak taking an on-campus course supplemented with an e-learning system. The purpose of the study was to determine which factors were related to intention to use…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Use Studies, Performance Factors
Children's E-Book Technology: Devices, Books, and Book Builder
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Shiratuddin, Norshuhada; Landoni, Monica – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2003
This article describes a study of children's electronic books (e-books) technology. In particular, the focus is on devices used to access children's e-books, current available e-books and an e-book builder specifically for children. Three small case studies were conducted: two to evaluate how children accept the devices and one to test the ease of…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Technology Education, Use Studies, Electronic Learning