In order to serve the on-line users who do shopping for 24 hours, the on-line shopping systems platform is more complicated than traditional one. Therefore, the user interface usability problems become a critical issue. Take the Yahoo!kimo shopping mall as a test platform. In this paper, the data collection method of thinking-aloud was adopted to record the participants. The video images and verbal protocols were transcribed, segmented and bottom-up coded. 121 problems concerning usability could be classified into 9 types. The usability problems can be classified into five attributes by reviewing the related literatures, satisfaction, efficiency, effectiveness, presentation and help. The result shows satisfaction is the most critical problem (accounts for 32.2%). The result of study accords with Nielsen and Norman (2000) study that gives users a good experience and they are apt to turn into frequent and loyal customers [1]. Therefore, we prove the importance of user-center design (UCD) in e-commerce website interface design.
Innovative design-based education is a student-centered approach that aims to nurture students’ proactivity, creativity, and interdisciplinary integrated skills. The curriculum planning of a course in this study incorporated design-based learning with the 4D design process. Three units were planned: field exploration and concept development, 3D wearable creations, and cultural landscape shaping. Each unit was co-taught by an interdisciplinary teacher. By means of teamwork, the students explored agricultural spaces and cultural stories, then used paper materials and mixed media to create wearable creations. Afterward, they visually recorded their unique views of traditional spaces and created cultural landscape images. To elucidate their learning outcomes and creative expression, this study adopted a mixed-methods approach. The results are as follows: (1) The students experienced positive growth in their five core competencies. Their “field-based knowledge” and “skills and technological value” were significantly improved. (2) The five major perspectives of the students pointed out that creativity stems from multicultural symbols, the learning outside-the-classroom approach reinvigorated motivation, more confidence is gained through learning by doing, teamwork can create more possibilities, and discovering one’s other interests is possible through diverse exploratory approaches. (3) The teacher summarized the feasibility of designing and implementing innovative courses under three themes: conversing with methods, conversing with cultures, and conversing with teams.
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