Title :
Assessment of motivational qualities for e-learning website
Author :
Saman, Fauzi Mohd ; Isa, Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Mohd ; Mazilan, Noorfariani Azyanti
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Comput. & Math. Sci., Univ. Teknol. MARA (UiTM) Malaysia, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Abstract :
E-learning has been integrated in many university programs in Malaysia. However, there is little research in Malaysia to investigate the motivational quality of the e-learning applications. Thus, this study aims to investigate the motivational quality of e-learning from one public university in Malaysia. This study used 109 samples of undergraduate computing students from various programs from a computer science school. This study adopt Website Motivational Checklist (WebMAC) professional to assess the motivational quality of e-learning website. The evaluation was done on four dimensions; (1) stimulating (2) meaningful, (3) organization and (4) easy-to-use. The study revealed several issues with the e-learning website under investigation. We end our study with few recommendations for further improvement of the e-learning features.
Keywords :
Web sites; computer aided instruction; educational institutions; human computer interaction; Malaysia university; e-learning website; easy-to-use dimension; meaningful dimension; motivational quality; organization dimension; stimulating dimension; website motivational checklist; Computer science; Electronic learning; Human computer interaction; Information architecture; Instruments; Organizations; e-learning; human computer interaction; motivational quality;
Conference_Titel :
User Science and Engineering (i-USEr), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shah Alam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9048-6
DOI :
10.1109/IUSER.2010.5716727