In: Educational Technology Research and Development, 2006, vol. 54, no. 3, p. 265-293
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In: Journal of e-learning and knowledge society, 2006, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 123-130
The University of Lugano (USI) and the University of Applied Sciences of Italian Switzerland (SUPSI) adopted in May 2004 a Moodle LMS as a support for their educational activities. This article describes how the eLearning platform was chosen, installed, integrated into the different existing universities’ systems, customized and enhanced according to both institutions’ needs. It shows also...
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In: Proceedings of AECT 2004 Convention, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2004, vol. 2, p. 70
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In: Proceedings of EDMEDIA 2004, Lugano, Switzerland, 2004, vol. 1, p. 4398
This paper presents a proven and reusable methodology (MiLE) for performing a cost-effective usability evaluation of an e-learning web application. MiLE is a scenario-driven inspection technique which is based on the concepts of user profile, user goal, scenario, and usability attribute. Mitigating the drawbacks and merging the respective benefits of state-of-the-art methods for usability...
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In: Proceedings of EDMEDIA 2005, Montreal, Canada, 2005, vol. 1, p. 1104
The Edukalibre development approach described here offers libre educational tools based on open development model. The paper presents a development-oriented evaluation approach comprising three phases. Phase 1 focused on rapid and distributed usability inspections producing development-oriented feedback for designers, and was built around a usability inspection framework. Phase 2 was conducted...
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In: Proceedings of EDMEDIA 2004, Lugano, Switzerland, 2004, vol. 1, p. 1713
The impact of new technologies in education has brought to the perception that educational Web sites have a more or less standard features in several contexts. Yet, an analysis of the existing literature reveals that the practices of Instructional Design and Hypermedia Design have few if any contact points. We claim that an integration of the two processes – namely learning activities design...
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In: 7th International netties conference : 3rd International conference on new learning technologies : Fribourg, Switzerland - September 13th to 15th 2001, 2001, p. 2.2.1.-2.2.7
Goal of the paper is to provide a map of e-learning, in order to help understanding the great complexity of situations hidden under this new and trendy term. Education environments are analyzed according to four main directions: learning models, didactic relationships, activities and technology pervasiveness. The analysis reveals that many apparently new ideas do not depend strictly on new media:...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2003 ; 2003COM001.
This study moves from the consideration of the communication dynamics within the instructional design practice. With the introduction of electronic media, the design of educational environments in Higher Education has ceased to be a craftsmanship activity, and has acquired some features proper of mass production. This makes communication a more and more critical issue in design. The original goal...
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