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Tella, Adeyinka – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2022
This study examined a relational analysis of the usability features of university library websites in Nigeria. Through a survey design, a sample of 187 undergraduate students enrolled in a course on Web Design and Management participated in the study. The findings revealed that the usability of a university library website is premised on factors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Web Sites, Usability
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Baglione, Stephen L.; Sullivan, Kevin – American Journal of Distance Education, 2016
This article describes two separate studies: a survey of students' textbook perceptions, purchases, and usage for e-textbooks and print textbooks and a conjoint analysis on e-textbook attributes. Print textbooks were perceived as easier to read, understand, and navigate, whereas e-textbooks were perceived to be cheaper. Students were willing to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Textbook Evaluation
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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
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McCann, Steve; Ravas, Tammy; Zoellner, Kate – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010
A qualitative study of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library's Web site identified the ways in which students and faculty of the University of Montana used the site for research purposes. This study employed open-ended interview questions and observations to spontaneously capture a user's experience in researching topics in which they…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Navigation (Information Systems), Web Sites, Interviews
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Kincl, Tomas; Strach, Pavel – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2012
Website quality measurement tools have been largely static and have struggled to determine relevant attributes of user satisfaction. This study compares and contrasts attributes of user satisfaction based on usability guidelines seeking to identify practical easy-to-administer measurement tools. The website users assessed business school homepages…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, User Satisfaction (Information), Web Sites, Usability
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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
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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
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