Model for Training Usability Evaluators of E-learning

Francis Kibaru; Camille Dickson-Deane

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 517–522

The fast evolving nature of e-learning caused by proliferation of new technologies has significant implications for training of usability evaluators. First, little information is available to make informed decisions about the effectiveness of these...

Lessons Learned in Evaluating e-Learning Products: A Beginning Evaluator Checklist

Krista Galyen; Camille Dickson-Deane

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1952–1956

The evaluation of e-learning products requires a level of preparation, forethought, and skill to which most beginning evaluators are not accustomed. Like any other project management process, planning for an evaluation takes more than just technique ...

Avoiding Educational Technology Pitfalls for Inclusion and Equity

Monica Sulecio de Alvarez; Camille Dickson-Deane

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 62, No. 4 (2018) pp. 345–353

The integration of technology in learning, from a cultural perspective, continues to be of concern to many. The concerns include understanding the use of tools in meaningful ways, designing learning experiences where learners retain agency in...

e-Learning, online learning, and distance learning environments: Are they the same?

Joi L. Moore; Camille Dickson-Deane; Krista Galyen

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 14, No. 2 (March 2011) pp. 129–135

It is not uncommon that researchers face difficulties when performing meaningful cross-study comparisons for research. Research associated with the distance learning realm can be even more difficult to use as there are different environments with a...

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Refining an e-course usability evaluation tool

Joi L. Moore; Camille Dickson-Deane; Krista Galyen; Hsin-Liang Chen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 885–890

Evaluating e-courses can be difficult task, because there are a myriad of skills and knowledge that must be applied to the evaluation activity. Similarly, finding an evaluation tool that can be used with different types of courses has been...

Usability Evaluation of a Nuclear Math and Theory Online Learning Environment

Krista Galyen; Camille Dickson-Deane; Joi Moore; Weichao Chen; Ngoc Vo

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 842–847

The purpose of this paper is to describe a designer’s exploratory use of an e-learning usability evaluation heuristic in the beginning processes of designing and developing a nuclear math and theory online learning environment (OLE). A team...

ELearning Usability Instruments What is being Evaluated?

Joi L. Moore; Camille Dickson-Deane; Krista Galyen; Ngoc Vo; Mai Charoentham

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 430–435

The process of evaluating the usability of e-Learning has included the use of varying instruments. These instruments have myriad factors and foci when attempting to provide an appropriate review of an e-Learning product. The variety of instruments...