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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
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Zoanetti, Nathan – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
This article presents key steps in the design and analysis of a computer based problem-solving assessment featuring interactive tasks. The purpose of the assessment is to support targeted instruction for students by diagnosing strengths and weaknesses at different stages of problem-solving. The first focus of this article is the task piloting…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Uses in Education, Problem Solving, Evaluation Methods
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Huang, Chenn-Jung; Liu, Ming-Chou; Chang, Kuo-En; Sung, Yao-Ting; Huang, Tz-Hau; Chen, Chun-Hua; Shen, Hung-Yen; Huang, Kuo-Liang; Liao, Jia-Jian; Hu, Kai-Wen; Luo, Yun-Cheng; Chang, Tun-Yu – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
With rapid advances in the development of information technology, information access has become central to life in the 21st century. In recent years, the development of useful learning-assistance systems has become a popular topic in literature. Learners can benefit from guidance provided by a tool that assists learning when a student has trouble…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Information Technology, Teaching Methods
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Muwanguzi, Samuel; Lin, Lin – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2010
This study examines the usability challenges and emotional reactions of blind college students in their attempts to access online educational materials and to communicate with colleagues through online technologies. A case study approach was adopted. Five students were interviewed regarding their online learning experiences using Blackboard, a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Access to Computers
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Bishop, M. J.; Amankwatia, Tonya B.; Cates, Ward Mitchell – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2008
Sound may hold great promise for instructional software by supporting learning in a variety of ways. Conceptual and preconceptual barriers, however, still appear to prevent software designers from using sound more effectively in their instructional products. Interface books seldom discuss the use of sound and when they do, it is most often simple…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Courseware, Narration, Content Analysis
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Vaughn, Brandon K.; Wang, Pei-Yu – Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
The emergence of technology has led to numerous changes in mathematical and statistical teaching and learning which has improved the quality of instruction and teacher/student interactions. The teaching of statistics, for example, has shifted from mathematical calculations to higher level cognitive abilities such as reasoning, interpretation, and…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Mathematical Concepts, Statistics, Educational Quality
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Arendt, Anne M.; Shelton, Brett E. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
This article examines Utah residents' views of incentives and disincentives for the use of OpenCourseWare (OCW), and how they fit into the theoretical framework of perceived innovation attributes established by Rogers (1983). Rogers identified five categories of perceived innovation attributes: relative advantage, compatibility, complexity,…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Educational Innovation, Predictor Variables, Program Effectiveness
Mihai, Alexandra – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2009
This paper will be looking into the issue of quality assurance in online learning from the perspective of the e-learning tool developed by the Institute for European Studies in Brussels--the E-modules. The E-modules have been designed with the purpose of offering a structured and interactive way of learning how the European Union functions. As…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Quality Control
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Kazanci, Zekeriya; Okan, Zuhal – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2009
The purpose of this study is to offer a critical consideration of instructional software designed particularly for children. Since the early 1990s computer applications integrating education with entertainment have been adopted on a large scale by both educators and parents. It is expected that through edutainment software the process of learning…
Descriptors: Courseware, Computers, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods
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Lee, Youngju – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2009
In this study, an interpretive qualitative approach was employed to explore how pre-K children interact with educational software programs. This study addressed four aspects of children's computer use: mouse manipulation, interface interpretation, level of enthusiasm or disengagement, and human interaction between peers and between a child and…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Learner Engagement, Observation
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2016
For the thirty-ninth time, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Technology
Phillips, Rob; McNaught, Carmel; Kennedy, Gregor – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
How can the average educator who teaches online, without experience in evaluating emerging technologies, build on what is successful and modify what is not? Written for educators who feel ill-prepared when required to evaluate e-learning initiatives, "Evaluating e-Learning" offers step-by-step guidance for conducting an evaluation plan of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Research, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction
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Chase, Elaine; Goodin, Penny; Nichols, W. Randolph – ERS Spectrum, 2010
The Accelerated Reader program from Renaissance Learning Inc. is a popular program implemented in elementary and middle schools across the country that encourages students to read and monitors their progress in the program. Despite its widespread use and popularity, there have been some questions about the program's effectiveness at increasing…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Middle Schools, Program Evaluation, Independent Reading
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Casquero, Oskar; Portillo, Javier; Ovelar, Ramon; Benito, Manuel; Romo, Jesus – Interactive Learning Environments, 2010
Universities can offer eLearning 2.0 tools and services to learners while obtaining clear benefits from releasing the control over some learning content. This means a shift from the institution centred and monolithic model of traditional virtual learning environments (VLEs) to a more heterogeneous and open model. This article tries to plot an…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Learning Processes, Internet, Client Server Architecture
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Chen, C. M. – Computers & Education, 2008
Personalized curriculum sequencing is an important research issue for web-based learning systems because no fixed learning paths will be appropriate for all learners. Therefore, many researchers focused on developing e-learning systems with personalized learning mechanisms to assist on-line web-based learning and adaptively provide learning paths…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Difficulty Level, Courseware, Learning Processes
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