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Alim, Sophia – SAGE Open, 2021
Although the web accessibility of universities around the world is well documented, much remains unknown about this aspect of higher education institutions in the UK. Using three automated web accessibility tools (TAW, WAVE and EIII Page Checker), this study explores the accessibility of the homepages of 66 research-intensive universities with…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Usability
Abu-Al-Aish, Ahmad – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2021
Mobile learning (m-learning) has become an increasingly attractive solution for schools and universities that utilize new technologies in their teaching and learning setting. This study investigates the technical factors affecting the development of m-learning applications services from students' perspectives. It presents a model consisting of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
Theodorou, Paraskevi; Meliones, Apostolos – Education Sciences, 2020
The development of mobile apps, which are either suitably adapted or especially designed for use by sensory-deprived people, have contributed significantly to the continuously increasing adoption of digital assistive technologies by people with disabilities. Throughout the design of two assistive navigation mobile apps for blind and visually…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Assistive Technology, Computer Software, Telecommunications
O'Reilly, Meg; Lefoe, Gerry; Philip, Robyn; Parrish, Dominique – International Journal on E-Learning, 2010
The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education ("ascilite") has recently completed research to inform development of the ALTC Exchange, a new online service for learning and teaching in Australia. The research investigated resource identification and contribution, engagement with the repository and user…
Descriptors: User Needs (Information), Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Shared Resources and Services

Kappe, Frank; And Others – Internet Research, 1993
Discusses the architecture of a global hypermedia information and communication system designed to operate through the Internet that is being developed at the Graz University of Technology (Austria). Topics addressed include clients and servers; distributed hypertext; link server protocol; document cache servers; and applications of the global…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Global Approach

Morris, Anne; Thornley, Louise; Snudden, Katie – Electronic Library, 2001
Examines automated self-service checkout and return systems in libraries in the United Kingdom based on the literature and on research conducted by Loughborough University. Describes the main systems available and discusses objectives, costs, security, location of equipment, functionality and system design, and effects on users and staff.…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Costs, Foreign Countries, Library Automation

Meyer, Paul – Electronic Library, 1991
Discusses the need for online help for end-users based on experiences with an online public access catalog (OPAC) at the University of Cape Town libraries. The concept of end users is examined, the role of search intermediaries in information systems is explained, and online help and systems design is discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Detlor, Brian – 1999
This paper outlines a detailed research investigation of Web information systems (WIS), such as intranets, extranets, and the World Wide Web, and their capacity to facilitate organizational knowledge work. The objective was to conduct a case study evaluation of WIS usage that examines the information needs and uses of major sets of users and the…
Descriptors: Behavior, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Corporations
Ramkumar, S.; Garforth, C.; Rao, S. V. N.; Heffernan, C. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2007
This paper describes and analyses the experience of designing, installing and evaluating a farmer-usable touch screen information kiosk on cattle health in a veterinary institution in Pondicherry. The contents of the kiosk were prepared based on identified demands for information on cattle health, arrived at through various stakeholders meetings.…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Social Class, Formative Evaluation, Economically Disadvantaged
Spink, Amanda; Wilson, Tom; Ellis, David; Ford, Nigel – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
This study investigates the nature, manifestations, and behavior of successive searching by users in digital environments, and establishes criteria for use in the design of information-retrieval interfaces and systems supporting successive-searching behavior. Study includes two projects--one based at the University of North Texas, one at the…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Bovenlander, J. H.; And Others – CD-ROM Professional, 1993
Describes the required hardware, software, and configuration of the local area network for information sources and CD-ROMS in the medical libraries at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Problems encountered with microcomputer diversity, memory requirements, device drivers, and Microsoft Extension software are related; and the network's future growth…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Vieville, Claude; Hoogstoel, Frederic – 1997
This paper describes a communication system accessible by a World Wide Web browser. The main advantage of this system is to encourage a collaborative way of learning using asynchronous communication channels. The conversation is strongly structured by the system itself which helps the users to coordinate their actions, playing their respective…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Programs

Kensing, Finn; Simonsen, Jesper; Bodker, Keld – Human-Computer Interaction, 1998
Presents a conceptual framework and a coherent method for information-technology design in an organizational context within the participatory-design tradition. The MUST method, developed through projects in Danish and American organizations, is based on thorough participation with users and managers and combines the use of ethnographic techniques…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Cooperative Programs, Designers, Ethnography
Kobsa, Alfred – 1999
This paper describes work aimed at catering the content of World Wide Web (WWW) pages to the needs of different users, including elderly people and users with vision and motor impairments. An overview is provided of the AVANTI system, a European WWW-based tourist information system that adapts Web pages to each user's individual needs before…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Computer System Design, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Lindsay, John – 1985
Information systems design is at a crossroads of changes in technology (microcomputing, software engineering, and telecommunications) and the administration of social systems, of which urban and regional planning are a part. Training in information systems design will be beneficial to four distinct groups of people: clerical and technical staff;…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Developing Nations
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