Assignment

Listed below are 15 features of an e-learning interface in random order

1.      Course objectives enlisted

2.      Multiple formats of quiz available

3.      Consistency in look and feel for all screen layouts

4.      Different levels of learning tasks exist to adapt

5.      Learner has control over pace of learning

6.      Navigable Topic Index

7.      Previous button to navigate to previous learning page

8.      Emphasis of used hyperlinks (topics)

9.      Undo - For error recovery

10.      Limited length of page to avoid scrolling

11.      Chat-rooms facility

12.      GUI enjoyable

13.      Breadcrumb trail - keeping tract of location within application

14.      Print facility

15.      GUI simple and intuitive

Can you group these features into some categories?

Can you arrange these features by descending order of their importance? How ?

Prepare a survey sheet with each feature and its degree of importance in five point likert scale. You will need to conduct a survey of 15 students, 5 from each age group mentioned below and get their responses to the survey sheet.

        a) 13 to 17 (school)

        b) 18 to 22 (college)

        c) 23 to 27 (professionals)

 

Do you find differences in the preferences of features in these groups?

Try to analyze your data and find the reasons for the difference.

If possible create prototype GUI for each of these groups.