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In this paper, we will address an enhanced approach for online peer-assessment where new features of candidate answer marking have been used. Students are capable to select specific parts from the candidate answer and mark them as correct, wrong, or irrelevant. Special colors are used to tag the selected part of the candidate answer in order to help students giving a reasonable final score and to...
This work presents a CSCL case study, for evaluating the Collage editor (an IMS-LD compliant authoring tool for collaboration scripts). 21 postgraduate students were guided to work in dyads and design their own CLFP-based collaboration scripts using Collage editor. The study objective was to provide additional evaluation data regarding the usability and efficiency of Collage editor as a tool for supporting...
In this paper we introduce the use of a Computer Based Assessment (CBA) system; discuss the functionality, usability and reliability of the system. The system has a simple and user-friendly interface, and it just executes a program on a stand-alone computer or on an online computer without changing hardware or software. It can be used for mid-term or final exam in small-scale for many courses. The...
We describe use of partially distributed collaborative assignments in a Usability Engineering course with respect to (1) learning activity management and (2) technology support.
This study describes a comparative analysys of accessibility for the blind used in SGEAD (Distant Learning Management Systems), TelEduc and WebCT according to criteria, recommendations and international norms such as heuristical evaluation techniques, automatic test of accessibility, inspection based on the points of verification of the W3C recommendations for the accessibility of the content of the...
In this paper current usability evaluation methods are systematically examined and assessed. Thereupon, suitable evaluation methods are selected and applied in the evaluation of a learning management system. Usability evaluation methods can be distinguished in analytical and empirical procedures with either summative or formative objectives. A case example in the form of a usability evaluation of...
A large number of organizations have adopted e-learning programs, and far fewer have addressed the usability of their learning applications. To ensure the quality of e-learning training material, we utilized the usability evaluation heuristic in the design and development processes. The application of exploratory, and usability evaluations during the design-based research study is described. Additionally,...
Integration of technology in all forms of education has narrowed down the gap between the on- and off-campus students and has resulted in the use of the more broad-based term 'distributed learning'. E-learning is seen as a subset of distributed learning, focusing on students who may be separated in time and space from their peers and the instructor. The new forms and meanings it is acquiring, its...
This paper introduces an empirical study to investigate the use of multimodal metaphors to communicate information in the interface of e-learning applications. The aim of the experiment was to measure and compare the level of usability of textual and multimodal interfaces. The usability parameters which are efficiency, effectiveness, and userspsilasatisfaction were considered in the study. In order...
IIT Bombay (IITB) has been transmitting some of its courses as part of its distance education initiative, coordinated by the Centre for Distance Engineering Education Programme (CDEEP). These courses are regular courses taken by IITB students, transmitted live from the classroom, which have a studio like environment with projectors, cameras and mikes. CDEEP makes videos of these recorded lectures...
E-Learning is relatively new emerging technology that spans the universities and other institutions. It concentrates on utilizing Knowledge of teachers in a way that academic courses can be delivered anywhere and anytime. As time passes, the growth of knowledge imposed new requirements for a better use of this asset. Knowledge management (KM) is the way to a better utilization of the knowledge. The...
Most researchers and experts in human computer interaction (HCI) and e-learning areas evaluate the system usability primarily based on user interfaces without paying much attention to the content of the site; e.g. course content. However, according to available usability models, the two important criteria of usability include user satisfaction and learnability which the former is related directly...
Blogs provide the contextualization of the information which is vital to the process of peer support. Through dialogues initiated by blog authors and followed by readers, blog platforms build a viable base of shared experiences and mutual relationships. We employ blogs as interactive learning tools for communities of practice in higher education. Content analysis based on empirical data is used to...
The usage of e-learning tools has brought an immediate benefit to the teaching field for both academics and students, allowing them to have a better administration of time and a permanent access to the class content. Moreover, the increase in the use of mobile devices is becoming more notable as it is the need for accessing information from any place one is at is more extensive. The enormous popularity...
We present AudiodMC, an audio-based concept map design program for blind users aimed at virtual training and rehabilitation. We analyze the stages involved in the design of AudiodMC from a user-centered design perspective, considering user involvement and usability testing. The results show a high level of user acceptance, identifying key sound characteristics that help blind learners to learn concept...
This brief paper discusses some of the factors to be taken into account in making VLEs fully accessible and usable by all disabled and non-disabled students and staff. The longer version will discuss the results of surveys of disabled students and staff using VLEs and universities and colleges providing them.
The didactic material reusability, understood as its capability to be used in different learning situations or in diverse knowledge domains, is one of its most desirable features. It depends, among other factors, on the use of semantic annotations to describe relevant material characteristics, which can improve its localization and retrieval. In spite of the recognized value of semantic annotations,...
Technical challenges for non-experts in creating content for e-learning are not trivial. Many more issues raise when that content is required to be universal, usable and accessible. The high-quality of the output, however, seems to be still indissoluble from the high-complexity of the authoring processes. This paper proposes a novel approach to lighten the burden to authors, and to make them produce...
The electronic way of learning and communicating with students offers a lot of advantages that can be achieved through different solutions. Among them, the most popular approach is the use of a learning management system. Teachers and students do not have the possibility to use all of the available learning system tools and modules. Even for modules that are used it is necessary to find the most effective...
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