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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference (IPCC), 2015 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Limerick
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3374-7
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2015.7235846
