When Social Worlds Collide: Charting the Intersection of Social Media and Courseware/Course Management Systems

Egert, Christopher A.; Jacobs, Stephen; Barnes, Susan B.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_49

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“…These findings concur with those of Egert et al (2009), who reported the need to improve the user interface of a VLS. These findings confirm the design guidelines that a VLS should have an aesthetically pleasing/attractive interface and should incorporate appropriate icons to represent system functionality.…”

Section: Usabilitysupporting

confidence: 91%

“…The issue of restricted access was raised by Robin et al (1996) who argued that there should be restricted access to data based on permission levels. The finding on security supports the need for security measures such as passwords and encryption (ElementK, 2003) and ensuring that information is secure, accessible and accurate (Egert et al, 2009). …”

Section: Securitymentioning

confidence: 66%

“…(Bagarukayo & Kalema, 2015;Behkamal, Kahani, & Akbari, 2009;Davis, 1989). Security Identification and authentication of users (Behkamal, Kahani, & Akbari, 2009;ElementK, 2003); Security of online data; User privileges with restricted access to data based on permission levels; Activity logs for review purposes (ElementK, 2003); Secure assessments ; User events (private consumption only) ; Private messaging or user-to-user messaging (Egert, Jacobs, & Barnes, 2009). …”

Section: Online Markingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Functions include access based on user roles, assigning of different roles to instructors or students in courses and granting users' rights or privileges (Egert, Jacobs, & Barnes, 2009;Jasperson, Carter, & Zmud, 2005;Wan, Zhao, Liu, & Sun, 2005). Registration integration Registration integration tools are used to register and de-register students from an online course (Wan, Zhao, Liu, & Sun, 2005).…”

Section: Course Authorisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…VLS usage amongst academics in higher education is influenced in some measure by a number of factors, which includes system functionality (Egert, Jacobs, & Barnes, 2009), and non-functional characteristics (McGill & Klobas, 2009;Nanayakkara, 2007). The term non-functional refers to desired characteristics that a system must possess that may not be related to a specific function such as security or usability.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Educator Perceptions of Virtual Learning System Quality Characteristics

Padayachee

2017

SACJ

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In higher education institutions, digital learning environments, referred to as virtual learning systems in this article, have been adopted and are becoming increasingly popular among academics. A virtual learning system (VLS) has a suite of tools with associated functions and non-functional system characteristics. Higher education institutions (HEIs) implement a VLS with the intent to assimilate e-Learning with face-to-face instruction and thereby derive associated benefits from its usage. Currently there is limited information on educators’ perceptions on the usefulness of VLS tool functionality, and the importance assigned to non-functional characteristics. This article adapted the generic framework of the ISO 9126 external software quality model to ascertain the perceptions of educators with regards to VLS functionality and non-functional quality characteristics. A case study research strategy was adopted, using two South African higher education institutions. The main contribution of this article is a proposed model representing VLS quality in use characteristics, measured by the constructs of perceived usefulness and perceived importance. In addition to the theoretical contribution, this article makes a practical contribution by providing educators’ recommendations on the improvement of VLS quality characteristics. This article has potentially useful implications for the use of a VLS by educators and future VLS design iterations.

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Section: Usabilitysupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Securitymentioning

confidence: 66%