Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions on the Usability of Different Web Course Systems

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Richmond, A. (2005). Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions on the Usability of Different Web Course Systems. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (pp. 573-575). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005
Phoenix, AZ, USA
2005
ISBN 1-880094-55-X
  Caroline Crawford, Roger Carlsen, Ian Gibson, Karen McFerrin, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Aaron Richmond, University of Nevada-Reno, United States

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess pre-service teachers' perceptions of usability among three different web-based educational platforms. Seventy students from two small liberal-arts universities and one state university were given the R.U.L.E.E.S. usability survey. The usability survey is constructed upon six usability characteristics (e.g., efficiency, retainability, learnability, utility, error rates, and satisfaction). A comparison between eCollege, Blackboard, and WebCT on the usability characteristic scores and global score were evaluated. Main effect results indicate a significant difference between the three platforms on the satisfaction and error-rates characteristics. However, pairwise post hoc analyses revealed no significant differences between the three platforms. Rational and implications of spurious findings are discussed.

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