A Weighted Usability Measure for E-learning Systems
Muhammad Aslam, Aksam M. Iftikhar, Saqib Ubaid, A. M. Martínez-Enríquez, U. E. T. Lahore · 2011
Currently learning paradigms have been overcome, using information and communication technologies (ICT) to give rise to e-learning domain. Thus, classical classrooms based training has been substituted by online systems working on Internet. The aim of an e-learning system is to fulfill requirements of instructors as well as learners. However, institutions offering courses online have a lack of applying efficient evaluation methods to both teachers and students. Frequent preoccupation concerns with functionalities and interface that a system must satisfy for users needs. In our studied case, learners need to face up to functionality of e-learning infrastructure rather than to acquire knowledge. When users spend more time, resources (software, hardware) unnecessarily, consequently they spend more costs, instead quenching academic thirst. Thus, this research aims to evaluate the usability of e-learning systems, a pondered measure of usability evaluation is proposed as a result of the analysis of the inquiry applied to the system users. We study, evaluate, and compare the usability of two applications, to highlight recommendations for improvement. (Aslam Muhammad, Aksam M. Iftikhar, Saqib Ubaid, Martinez-Enriquez A. M. A Weighted Usability Measure for E-learning Systems. Journal of American Science 2011; 7(2):680-686). (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.americanscience.org