Incorporating Usability Criteria into the Development of Animated Hierarchical Maps

Autor/inn/en	Shih, Yu-Cheng; Huang, Pei-Ren; Chen, Sherry Y.
Titel	Incorporating Usability Criteria into the Development of Animated Hierarchical Maps
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 16 (2013) 1, S.342-355 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Web Based Instruction; Maps; Animation; Usability; Heuristics; Evaluation Criteria; Cooperative Learning; Individual Instruction; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Questionnaires + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Web Based Training; Map; Karte; Heuristik; Kooperatives Lernen; Individuelles Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Fragebogen
Abstract	Nowadays, Web-based learning systems have become popular because they can provide multiple tools, among which hierarchical maps are widely used to support teaching and learning. However, traditional hierarchical maps may let learners easily get lost within large information space. This study proposes an animated hierarchical map to address this problem. To consider the effects of different instructional approaches, we also conducted an empirical study to examine how learners in collaborative learning and those in individual learning reacted differently to the animated hierarchical map and traditional hierarchical map. A questionnaire, which was designed based on Nielsen's heuristics, was applied to examine learners' reactions to the proposed animated hierarchical map. The results show that the proposed animated hierarchical map is generally better than the traditional hierarchical map but the effects on individual learning is limited. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10