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The Impact of the Interface Design on Web-base Learning: Visual and Navigational Dynamics on Learners’ Satisfaction
Ivana Schnitman; Jacqueline Lynn Webb-Dempsey; Terence C. Ahern Ahern
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1037–1043
Recent advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been tremendous. However, the concomitant development of Web-based delivery models has not kept pace and educators know very little about the effects of online delivery....
Topics: Instructional Design, Human Computer Interaction, Learning Outcomes, Information Communication Technologies, Communication
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The Importance of Motivation: Integrating Flow Theory into Instructional Design
Tom S. Chan; Terence C. Ahern
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 780–782
It seems a truism but when people are intrinsically motivated to learn, they not only learn more, they also have a more positive experience (Deci & Ryan, 1985). Handicapped by a lack of good theoretical framework, designers often assume that good...
Topics: Instructional Design
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Designing the next generation of tools using an open systems approach: A usability study
Terence Ahern; Mark Jamison; Arturo Olivarez
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 2390–2395
Educational technology is at a crossroads. The Internet was originally designed for the needs of the science and military, not for the purposes of sound instruction. New and more powerful protocol schemes are needed to truly realize the potential...
Topics: Networking Technologies, Educational Technology, Internet, Instructional Design
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Components of Effective Web Course Design: Aesthetics, Navigation and Content Networks
Kathy J. Burleson; Terence C. Ahern
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) p. 772
Although the Web was not designed as an educational medium, current pressures exist to develop it as a means of delivering instruction. The lack of design standards and the open environment of the Web are obstacles to instructional designers...
Topics: Instructional Design, Navigation