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Performance Support And Usability:An Experimental Study Ofelectronic Performance Support Interfaces, Charles Rawls
Performance Support And Usability:An Experimental Study Ofelectronic Performance Support Interfaces, Charles Rawls
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This study evaluated the usability of two types of performance-support interfaces that were designed using informational and experiential approaches. The experiment sought to determine whether there is a relationship between usability and the informational and experiential approaches. The general population under study was undergraduate education major students from the University of Central Florida. From the general population of three educational technology instructor-led classes, 83 students were solicited to participate in the study by completing a class activity. From the general population, a total of 63 students participated in the study. By participating in the study, the students completed a task …
Constructing Educational Criticism Of Online Courses: A Model For Implementation By Practitioners, Kelvin Thompson
Constructing Educational Criticism Of Online Courses: A Model For Implementation By Practitioners, Kelvin Thompson
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Online courses are complex, human-driven contexts for formal learning. Little has been said about the environment emerging from the interaction of instructor(s), learners, and other resources in such courses. Theories that focus on instructional settings and methods that are designed to accommodate inquiry into complex phenomena are essential to the systematic study of online courses. Such a line of research is necessary as the basis for a common language with which we can begin to speak holistically about online courses. In this dissertation, I attempt to generate better questions about the nature of online instructional environments. By combining prior works …