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Download full textWade, Vincent P.; Lyng, Mary – 2000
This paper proposes an automated, third party World Wide Web (WWW)-based evaluation service (i.e., an online questionnaire) that focuses on usability issues of WWW-based courseware and can be used by any WWW course instructor/student. Requirements related to the usability of educational systems are summarized, including the learning environment,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Kandies, Jerry; Stern, Margaret B. – 1999
This paper addresses a range of issues that teachers must consider when designing and developing a World Wide Web-enhanced course. It offers a guiding philosophy for Web-enhanced course design, presents a discussion of improved instruction and course management, outlines design issues that are involved for a course Web environment, and proposes…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Course Content, Design Preferences
Abate, Ronald J.; Jin, Seung – 2000
This paper provides an overview of the variables critical to the success of an Internet site design. The site under development represents one aspect of dissemination for the Modeling Instruction with Modern Information and Communications Technologies: the MIMIC Project, a U.S. Department of Education Capacity Building Grant. The site focuses on…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs, Design Preferences, Educational Technology
Cochenour, John J.; And Others – 1996
A study of nine different image maps from World Wide Web home pages was conducted to evaluate their effectiveness in information display and access, relative to visual, navigational, and practical characteristics. Nine independent viewers completed 20-question surveys on the image maps, in which they evaluated the characteristics of the maps on a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Aesthetic Values, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces
Black, Deb – 1998
This paper discusses the three types of online learning-- asynchronous collaborative learning, sametime collaborative learning, and self-paced learning--and how these modes are supported by the Lotus LearningSpace product. The following requirements for distributed learning technology are then considered: (1) flexibility, specifically the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
Dunlap, Joanna C. – 1998
This paper presents guidelines for World Wide Web-based instructional design, based on the 3Ls (i.e., linking, layout, and learner support). The first section, focusing on macro level design, discusses nodes and links, including how nodes work, determining nodes, node size, presentation format, characteristics of links, and kinds of links. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Design Preferences, Guidelines, Hypermedia
Boak, Cathy; Blackburn, Jean – 1998
This guide is intended for individuals and organizations interested in hosting online conferences. For the purposes of this guide, a host is the administrator or manager of a conferencing system and of the conferences held on that system. Eight sections cover the following important processes for hosting online conferences: (1) determining…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design
Wei, Wei – Sci-Tech News, 1998
Describes the creation of a World Wide Web site for the Science Library International Outreach Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Discusses design elements, content, and promotion of the site. Copies of the home page and the page containing the outreach program's statement of purpose are included. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Design Preferences, Foreign Students, Global Approach
Knupfer, Nancy Nelson; And Others – 1997
This study examined the design, aesthetics, and functionality of educational and noneducational Web pages from the perspective of visual literacy. Educational Web pages were subdivided into K-12 and college/university settings, and the non-education categories included commercial, publications and communications, informational and cultural, and…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Computer Graphics, Content Analysis, Design Preferences
Newton, Robert; Marcella, Rita; Middleton, Iain; McConnell, Michael – 1998
This paper reports on ReMOTE (Research Methods Online Teaching Environment), a Robert Gordon University (Scotland) project focusing on the development of a World Wide Web (WWW) site devoted to the teaching of research methods. The aim of ReMOTE is to provide an infrastructure that allows direct links to specialist sources in order to enable the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Design Preferences
Gale, Carolyn; Bourne, John R.; Thompson, Benjamin – 1997
This paper traces the development and maintenance of an introductory workshop delivered over the Internet, called the ALN (Asynchronous Learning Networks) Workshop on Internet Basics held at the Vanderbilt University Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE). The first section discusses creation and implementation issues, including…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Design Preferences
Frick, Theodore; Kisling, Eric; Cai, Weijia; Yu, Byeong Min; Giles, Frank; Brown, J. P. – 1999
This study investigated performance differences between three different World Wide Web-based navigation models: linear, persistent, and semi-persistent menu structures. Subjects, 44 graduate and undergraduate students at Indiana University and public school teachers, were placed into one of the three navigation conditions and completed…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Design Preferences, Higher Education
Voithofer, Richard J. – 1999
This paper examines how discourse analysis can be used as a methodology for understanding the mental models that influence how people navigate the Internet. Discourse analysis provides a methodology with which to articulate the relationships between language, social context, and the cognitive processes that underlie discourse perception and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Design Preferences, Discourse Analysis, Educational Media
Gibbs, William J.; Fewell, Patricia J. – 1997
There are a number of issues that must be addressed when delivering courses entirely online, such as designing effective user interfaces, using the visual medium of the World Wide Web effectively, and modifying traditional instructional methods. This paper discusses the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of an online course at…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Design Preferences, Distance Education, Electronic Mail
Adamyk, Linda; Dach, Edna – 1999
To successfully create a Web site, schools and jurisdictions must plan for the site's content, design and development and learn the principles of effective page design. This report contains technical advice on implementing and managing Web site development in schools. Following an introduction which discusses functions of jurisdiction and school…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Copyrights
