TY - GEN
T1 - A learner-centred approach for evaluating software tools
AU - Lilley, Mariana
AU - Pyper, Andrew
AU - Che, Xianhui
AU - Ji, Wei
AU - Nashi, Gani
N1 - © 2020 Academic Conferences Limited. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Much of online learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is mediated via Learning Management Systems such as Blackboard, Canvas, Desire2Lean, Moodle and Sakai. However, it is important to note that learners' ecosystems also include a number of auxiliary applications, particularly when producing work. Examples of such auxiliary software tools include applications to produce video captures, applications to scan hand-written work into PDF format among others. Producing sound recommendations for learners about which software tool(s) to use to support their academic work, in ways that are relatively fast and inexpensive, is a non-trivial task. In this paper, we report on the use of a learner-centred approach based on the System Usability Scale (SUS) where eleven students participated in the evaluation of two auxiliary software tools. In addition to expanding on the theoretical foundation for this work, limitations and benefits of the approach are also discussed.
AB - Much of online learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is mediated via Learning Management Systems such as Blackboard, Canvas, Desire2Lean, Moodle and Sakai. However, it is important to note that learners' ecosystems also include a number of auxiliary applications, particularly when producing work. Examples of such auxiliary software tools include applications to produce video captures, applications to scan hand-written work into PDF format among others. Producing sound recommendations for learners about which software tool(s) to use to support their academic work, in ways that are relatively fast and inexpensive, is a non-trivial task. In this paper, we report on the use of a learner-centred approach based on the System Usability Scale (SUS) where eleven students participated in the evaluation of two auxiliary software tools. In addition to expanding on the theoretical foundation for this work, limitations and benefits of the approach are also discussed.
KW - E-learning
KW - Evaluation
KW - Learner-centred design
KW - Students as partners
KW - System usability scale
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U2 - 10.34190/EEL.20.067
DO - 10.34190/EEL.20.067
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85097629755
T3 - Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL
SP - 284
EP - 290
BT - Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2020
A2 - Busch, Carsten
A2 - Steinicke, Martin
A2 - Wendler, Tilo
PB - Academic Conferences International (ACI)
T2 - 19th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2020
Y2 - 28 October 2020 through 30 October 2020
ER -