User-centered design of online learning communities

User-centered design (UCD) is gaining popularity in both the educational and business sectors. This is due to the fact that UCD sheds light on the entire process of analyzing, planning, designing, developing, using, evaluating, and maintaining computer-based learning. This book explains how computer...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Lambropoulos, Niki, 1966-, Zaphiris, Panayiotis.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • User-Centered Design of Online Learning Communities / Niki Lambropoulos
  • Did We Become a Community? Multiple Methods for Identifying Community and Its Constituent Elements in Formal Online Learning Environments / Richard A. Schwier, Ben K. Daniel
  • User-Centered Design Principles for Online Learning Communities: A Sociotechnical Approach for the Design of a Distributed Community of Practice / Ben K. Daniel, David O'Brien, Asit Sarkar
  • Quality Models of Online Learning Community Systems: Exploration, Evaluation and Exploitation / Effie Lai-Chong Law, Ebba Thora Hvannberg
  • Designing Online Learning Communities to Encourage Cooperation / Miranda Mowbray
  • Videoconferencing Communities: Documenting Online User Interactions / Dianna L Newman, Patricia Barbanell, John Falco
  • Online Communities of Practice as a Possible Model to Support the Development of a Portal for Science Teachers / Anne Jelfs, Jen Harvey, Ann Jones
  • Developing Evidence-Based Criteria for the Design and Use of Online Forums in Higher Education in Hong Kong / Carmel McNaught, Kin Fai Cheng, Paul Lam
  • Evaluation: A Link in the Chain of Sustainability / Frances Bell, Elena Zaitseva, Danuta Zakrzewska
  • Tools and Methods for Supporting Online Learning Communities and Their Evaluation / Maria Rigou ... [et al.]
  • Evaluation of Attitudes Towards Thinking and Learning in a CALL Web Site through CMC Participation / Andrew Laghos, Panayiotis Zaphiris
  • Evaluation of an Online Community: Australia's National Quality Schooling Framework / Elizabeth Hartnell-Young, Keryn McGuinness, Peter Cuttance
  • Iterative Design and Evaluation of a Web-Based Experimentation Environment / Anh Vu Nguyen-Ngoc, Yassin Rekik, Denis Gillet
  • Understanding Participation in Online Courses: A Case Study of Online Interaction / Noppadol Prammance
  • Exploring the Influence of Instructor Actions on Community Development in Online Settings / Chris Brook, Ron Oliver
  • Promotion of Self-Assessment for Learners in Online Discussion Using the Visualization Software / Toshio Mochizuki ... [et al.].