DocumentCode
736139
Title
Connecting in online technical communication courses: Addressing usability challenge for students and faculty members
Author
Hovde, Marjorie Rush
Author_Institution
Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis, IN, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
12-15 July 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
In designing and offering online technical communication courses, faculty members face many challenges, including attempting to assure the usability of the interface for students. This article addresses five of these challenges and provides options for faculty members to begin to address these challenges.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; educational courses; student experiments; user interfaces; faculty members; online technical communication courses; students; usability challenge; Context; Face; Least squares approximations; Navigation; Testing; Usability; Effective online courses; heuristic analysis; usability in online courses; usability testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Professional Communication Conference (IPCC), 2015 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Limerick
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-3374-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCC.2015.7235846
Filename
7235846
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