Design Approach for E-learning Systems: Should it be User Centered or Learner Centered

Dhar, Debayan; Yammiyavar, Pradeep

doi:10.1109/t4e.2012.57

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“…All the course materials included pre-recorded video lectures, transcripts, assignments, quizzes, and Google group discussion forums. The study adopted user-centred design (UCD) and learner-centred design (LCD) methods (Dhar and Yammiyavar, 2012) to address the needs of users in the context of the learning system, with the involvement of both learners and users (Hasani et al, 2022). Table 1 lists the adopted UCD and LCD approaches.…”

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Designing effective discussion forum in MOOCs: insights from learner perspectives

Neha,

Kim

2023

Front. Educ.

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IntroductionThe study focuses on addressing the gap between the perspectives of learners and the designers of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), with a particular emphasis on asynchronous discussion forums within these courses. The primary objective of this study is to bridge the gap in understanding between MOOC designers and learners regarding the organization and usability of discussion forums.MethodsIt aims to achieve this objective through a navigation experiment that investigates three main factors: (1) Classification of Discussion Forum Posts: This involves how discussion forum posts are categorized or organized. (2) Design of Different Discussion Forum Patterns: The study explores the effectiveness of various discussion forum design patterns. (3) Evaluation of Learners’ Perspective: It assesses the learners’ experiences and viewpoints regarding the discussion forums. The study identifies a gap in prior research, where the learner’s perspective has often been neglected when examining discussion forum organization and usability in MOOCs.ResultsThe results of the study indicate that the redesigned discussion forum was successful in reducing the time required by learners to navigate and explore the discussion forum. This suggests that improvements in interactive user interfaces, design elements, usability, and time efficiency can enhance the design of asynchronous discussion forums in MOOCs. The study offers recommendations and insights that MOOC designers can implement to create more effective and engaging discussion forums. These recommendations are based on the identified features and design elements that are crucial for learner satisfaction and interaction efficiency. Implementing the study’s findings by considering learner perspectives, MOOC designers can enhance the overall quality of the learning process. This includes making the learning environment more engaging for both learners and instructors.DiscussionThe study contributes to the field of online education by emphasizing the importance of learner perspectives and offering practical guidance on optimizing the design, usability, and time efficiency of discussion forums in MOOCs. In summary, this study seeks to improve the design of asynchronous discussion forums in MOOCs by focusing on the learners’ perspective, usability, and efficiency. It not only identifies key factors but also provides recommendations for MOOC designers to enhance the learning experience and engagement within these online courses.

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Designing effective discussion forum in MOOCs: insights from learner perspectives

Neha,

Kim

2023

Front. Educ.

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“…In this study, the UCD was also adapted to the context of e-learning system development with the involvement of experts as subject-matter and e-learning specialists. This adaptation reflects the LCD concept proposed by Dhar and Yammiyavar (2012), which focuses on providing an online environment that supports the learning process rather than just good usability. The identifying user requirements stage is related to another phase in UCD: defining user requirements.…”

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Designing Asynchronous Online Discussion Forum Interface and Interaction Based on the Community of Inquiry Framework

Hasani

Santoso

Junus

2022

IRRODL

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The community of inquiry (CoI) framework describes a process for creating collaborative learning through three elements or presences: social, cognitive, and teaching. Despite its popularity among researchers and practitioners, use of the CoI model is limited to mapping instructional activities, which are yet to be developed into an interaction design for online collaborative learning intended to support the CoI presences. This study was aimed at developing the interaction design of an asynchronous online discussion forum employing a user-centered design method contextualized to the learning-centered design approach. Seven scenario and user interfaces were created to facilitate one introductory activity and four phases of inquiry. The design was evaluated through contextual interviews with ten students. The interviews revealed that the prototype encouraged and supported (a) introductory activity (social presence), (b) idea exploration (cognitive presence), (c) summarizing the discussion (cognitive presence), and (d) facilitating discussion (teaching presence). Future research could be aimed at improving the proposed design based on recommendations and developing a fully functional working system to be tested in real settings.

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“…Dhar and Yammiyavar [4] in their paper compared between user-centric approaches with learner centric approaches and deduced that the success of e-learning system depends on the effectiveness of the design approach employed to address unique needs of the learners. Hsi and Soloway [5] also concluded that the most dominant and widely used framework for interface development is the user-centric design approach.…”

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A Proposed Systematic User-Interface Design Framework for Synchronous and Asynchronous E-Learning Systems

Das

Chatterjee

2015

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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Designing of user interface has special importance in e-learning systems, as certain amount of users' time is spent in attempting to learn the systems' user-interface. A number of e-learning courses have been developed over the years; however only a small number of courses had a user interface design that is suitable in the interest of the users and their preferences. Thus, many of the existing e-learning contents did not meet the expectation of the users' requirement. In this proposed work we try to design a systematic user interface framework for e-learning systems that will allow developers to create an effective user interface design for an e-learning system. This is proposed, based on results of studies in cognitive science, computer science, instructional design, graphics design and various other aspects of pedagogy. This will help designers to make decisions for creating e-learning courses with better user interface.

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Design Approach for E-learning Systems: Should it be User Centered or Learner Centered

Cited by 13 publications

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Designing effective discussion forum in MOOCs: insights from learner perspectives

Designing effective discussion forum in MOOCs: insights from learner perspectives

Designing Asynchronous Online Discussion Forum Interface and Interaction Based on the Community of Inquiry Framework

A Proposed Systematic User-Interface Design Framework for Synchronous and Asynchronous E-Learning Systems

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