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- Title
An approach to usability evaluation of e-learning applications.
- Authors
Ardito, C.; Costabile, M. F.; De Marsico, M.; Lanzilotti, R.; Levialdi, S.; Roselli, T.; Rossano, V.
- Abstract
Despite recent advances of electronic technologies in e-learning, a consolidated evaluation methodology for e-learning applications is not available. The evaluation of educational software must consider its usability and more in general its accessibility, as well as its didactic effectiveness. This work is a first step towards the definition of a methodology for evaluating e-learning applications. Specific usability attributes capturing the peculiar features of these applications are identified. A preliminary user study involving a group of e-students, observed during their interaction with an e-learning application in a real situation, is reported. Then, the proposal is put forward to adapt to the e-learning domain a methodology for systematic usability evaluation, called SUE. Specifically, evaluation patterns are proposed that are able to drive the evaluators in the analysis of an e-learning application.
- Subjects
COMPUTER software; INTERNET in education; STUDENTS; ELECTRONICS
- Publication
Universal Access in the Information Society, 2005, Vol 4, Issue 3, p270
- ISSN
1615-5289
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10209-005-0008-6