Evaluating the perceived and estimated quality in use of Web 2.0 applications

Orehovački, Tihomir; Granić, Andrina; Kermek, Dragutin

doi:10.1016/j.jss.2013.05.071

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“…Additionally, resource allocation, establishing appropriate educational standards, and any other learning opportunities and facilities with close ties with other universities, and proper technical support system throughout learning system and other key aspects of distance education must be considered if this system is to be evaluated effectively. Similar findings were reported by previous studies (17,23,25,27,34,(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44). In all learning theoretical foundations, the instructors were considered as major players, the role of whom in learning processes must be evaluated based on the relevant goals and objectives.…”

Section: Educational Approachessupporting

confidence: 78%

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A Critical Reflection of the Appraisal Indicators of Distance Education Systems: A Meta-Synthesis

Shahmohammadi

Taghipourzahir

Azizi

et al. 2018

Interdiscip J Virtual Learn Med Sci

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Context: Promoting the quality of learning and teaching processes at the tertiary level, including distance education, has been considered as a strategic approach by policy makers in higher education, throughout the world. For this reason a reliable and comprehensive evaluation mechanism can play an important role in assessing the current situation and identifying the needs and problems from one hand and identifying the most important appraisal indicators on the other hand. This study aimed at critically reviewing the literature and theoretical frameworks of previous relevant researches to highlight the most important components and indicators that must be applied in appraising distance education. Methods:Due to the importance of using the findings of previous studies as a foundation for extracting the most important appraisal indicators, 42 national and international research studies relevant to the evaluation of distance education were selected and analyzed, which were published in refereed journals during year 2006 to 2015. The eligibility criteria for selecting these studies were their relevance to any aspect of distance education. For this reason and in order to identify indicators, the content of these studies were analyzed based on the open coding method. Later on, all findings were categorized, outlined, and summarized according to the main components, which may form a comprehensive evaluation system for distance education at the higher education level. Results:The findings of this meta-synthesis showed that pedagogical knowledge, technology, learning organization, educator, learner, learning content, teaching models and strategies, time, place and space were the most important components of a comprehensive appraisal system that should be considered in evaluating distance education systems and its mechanisms and processes, continuously. Conclusions:The rise of distance education in Iran's higher education sector has urged that new comprehensive evaluation system has to be applied as a platform for improving and guaranteeing the quality of learning and teaching processes, curriculum and learning materials, and even the way by which these institutions are managed. Consequently, it is important to be assured that our policies and practices in higher distance education are on the right pathway. Therefore, based on the theoretical frameworks and studies performed before, the outcome of this meta-synthesis however, has highlighted some critical components which are necessary to be taken into account if this system has to be evaluated comprehensively.

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Section: Educational Approachessupporting

confidence: 78%

“…and models with particular reference to technological advancements, specially paying attention to social media and Web-based learning opportunities, which have been approved by others (8,24,25,(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36).…”

Section: Educational Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Critical Reflection of the Appraisal Indicators of Distance Education Systems: A Meta-Synthesis

Shahmohammadi

Taghipourzahir

Azizi

et al. 2018

Interdiscip J Virtual Learn Med Sci

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“…In the Web scenario, the first quality models focused on static Web sites [17,39], then some authors started addressing more complex Web applications [25,29]. Recently, quality models for Web 2.0 applications have been proposed [35,38,41]. In the more restricted mashup context, the quality dimensions suggested by all these works, as well as the one proposed in Software Engineering [15,19] and Web Engineering [4,27] may be partly appropriate to measure the internal quality of a mashup (e.g., code readability), as well as its external quality in-use (e.g., usability).…”

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Identifying Relevant Dimensions for the Quality of Web Mashups: An Empirical Study

OrehovaăźKi

Cappiello

Matera

2016

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…As a follow up to the initial set of quality attributes proposed by Orehovački [27], evaluation methodology introduced in [24], their validation on the representative sample of various Web 2.0 applications when they have been used in their native environment [26,[31][32][33] as well as games [28], and their refinements [25,29], a novel evaluation framework adapted to the context of using social web application on mobile devices was proposed. The adapted version of the conceptual model is comprised of five quality categories which are further decomposed into 37 quality attributes.…”

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Mobile Quality of Social Web Applications Designed for Collaborative Writing

Orehovački

Babić

2016

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. Social web applications are nowadays commonly employed in all fields of human endeavor. It is therefore of a high importance that they meet requirements of as many quality dimensions as possible. This paper reports findings of an empirical study which was carried out with an aim to examine quality of social web applications when they are used in a mobile environment. Participants in the study were students from two Croatian higher education institutions who carried out predefined scenario of interaction with two social web applications for collaborative writing on their smartphones and afterwards evaluated their perceived quality by completing the post-use questionnaire. The analysis of collected data uncovered the relevance of pragmatic and hedonic facets of mobile quality in the context of evaluating social web applications for collaborative writing.

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Evaluating the perceived and estimated quality in use of Web 2.0 applications

Cited by 58 publications

References 96 publications

A Critical Reflection of the Appraisal Indicators of Distance Education Systems: A Meta-Synthesis

A Critical Reflection of the Appraisal Indicators of Distance Education Systems: A Meta-Synthesis

Identifying Relevant Dimensions for the Quality of Web Mashups: An Empirical Study

Mobile Quality of Social Web Applications Designed for Collaborative Writing

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