An evaluation model for Web-based instruction

Author

Jun, Woochun ; Le Gruenwald

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Educ., Seoul Nat. Univ. of Educ., South Korea

Volume

44

Issue

2

fYear

2001

fDate

5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Abstract

Recently Web-based instruction (WBI) has been adopted for many educational systems in order to support distance education. WBI has become popular in that it overcomes time and space limitation in traditional educational systems. But due to lack of face-to-face communication, it is crucial that WBI provide interactivity and motivation for students. This paper introduces a formal model that evaluates interactivity and motivation for courses based on WBI. The model is comprehensive and objective so that it can be used to evaluate any course. Based on the model, the paper selects some WBI courses and compares them for their interactivity and motivation. Finally, the paper concludes with a discussion of further research issues

Keywords

computer aided instruction; distance learning; educational courses; information resources; CAI; Web-based instruction; courses; distance education; educational systems; evaluation model; interactivity; motivation; research issues; Computer science; Computer science education; Data engineering; Distance learning; Distributed databases; Multimedia databases; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Physics education; Transaction databases;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.925856

Filename

925856