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Title:
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DESIGNING EFFECTIVE E-LEARNING USER INTERFACES |
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Author(s):
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David Guralnick |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-44-7 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías , Miguel Baptista Nunes and João Barroso (associate editors Luís Rodrigues and Patrícia Barbosa) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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V I, 2 |
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Keywords:
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e-learning, interface, design, principles |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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3 |
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Last Page:
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10 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The user interface is, of course, a crucial part of a users experience with any piece of software. For e-learning sites,
interface design is particularly critical, as the learning effectiveness and interface design are substantially intertwined.
The focus on the need for highly-usable interfaces in corporate e-learning has had an unexpected negative effect on the
quality of e-learning sites: in their zeal to ensure that learners are never confused by an interface, designers have tended
to design simplistic products that do not result in the learners actually learning the needed skills. I suggest in this paper
that e-learning sites can involve complex tasks for the learner yet still be intuitive and easy to use, if designers follow an
interface design process that is determined by how people learn and the tasks they need to perform in the program. This
is in contrast to other approaches which view the interface design process as separate from the learning design. In this
paper I describe an approach to e-learning interface design that focuses on the goals, audience, and learning, and explore
examples that demonstrate the success of this approach. |
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