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Cultural Interpretations of the Visual Meaning of Icons and Images Used in North American Web Design
Direct linkKnight, Eliot; Gunawardena, Charlotte N.; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan – Educational Media International, 2009
This study examines cross-cultural interpretations of icons and images drawn from US academic websites. Participants from Morocco, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and the USA responded to an online questionnaire containing 18 icons and images representing online functions and information types common on US academic websites. Participants supplied meanings for…
Descriptors: North Americans, Web Sites, Computer System Design, Cross Cultural Studies
Download full textDetlor, Brian – 1998
This paper proposes a user-centered framework for intranet design that is based on an understanding of people, their typical problems, information behaviors, and situated contexts. It is argued that by adopting such an approach, intranets can be designed which facilitate organizational information access and use. The first section of the paper…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer System Design
de Vries, Sjoerd; Bloemen, Paul; Roossink, Lonneke – 2000
This paper describes the concept of online knowledge communities. The concept is defined, and six qualities of online communities are identified: members (user roles are clearly defined); mission (generally accepted goal-statement, ideas, beliefs, etc.); commitment (members give their loyalty to the mission); social interaction (frequent…
Descriptors: Community, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Design Preferences
Zaharias, Panagiotis; Vassilopoulou, Konstantina; Poulymenakou, Angeliki – 2002
While electronic learning environments provide exciting possibilities for supporting learners, the design of the user interface is as yet little understood. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of specific usability attributes for online learning courses. A review of related papers on usability methods and learning theories…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Design Preferences
Peer reviewedMcLoughlin, Catherine – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1999
Traces the development of an online unit for Indigenous Australian learners, and accounts for cultural issues that impacted on the design of learning tasks and the associated avenues for communication provided to learners. In this context, culturally responsive design was ensured by the adoption of Lave's (1991) community of practice model. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Culturally Relevant Education
Boak, Cathy; Blackburn, Jean – 1998
This guide is intended for individuals and organizations interested in hosting online conferences. For the purposes of this guide, a host is the administrator or manager of a conferencing system and of the conferences held on that system. Eight sections cover the following important processes for hosting online conferences: (1) determining…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design
