The usability of an eLearning system is a key feature for its success. This paper describes several aspects of the usability evaluation of the user-adaptive eLearning system ActiveMath to exemplify how usability engineering techniques can be applied to and adapted for an eLearning system and what the particularities of an eLearning system compared with a ‘conventional’ application are. Topics t...

In this paper, we propose a novel approach to eLearning that makes use of smart wearable sensors. Traditional eLearning supports the remote and mobile learning of mostly theoretical knowledge. Here we discuss the possibilities of eLearning to support the training of manual skills. We employ forearm armbands with inertial measurement units and surface electromyography sensors to detect and analy...

The University of Sydney set up an elearning support initiative in 2004 to enhance student learning and provide sustainable learning technologies which would promote research-led, active, innovative approaches to learning and teaching. One of the key strategies is to support academic staff through the development of elearning projects. The University’s faculties work within the University guide...

Effective communication and co-operation across disciplines is needed to create and deploy eLearning systems so that they contribute to enhanced outcomes for students and teachers. Using a Grounded Theory methodology we probed the cultures of the participating tribes: the Educationalists; the Instructional Designers; and the Information Technology Specialists. Six salient themes emerged from th...

Until date eLearning environment have only supported or substituted the existing learning environments. However, owing to the improvements in technology over the last decade, it is currently able to support the transition from traditional learning to continuous competent development and to nurture the sustainability and innovativeness of small and medium enterprises. In this study, concept of e...

Knowledge Communities sind elektronisch gestützte Gemeinschaften, die den kollaborativen Aufbau und Austausch von Wissen fördern. Sie kombinieren Ansätze aus den Bereichen eLearning, Groupware und Wissensmanagement und reichern sie um Konzepte der relativ jungen Disziplin Community Management an. Als universelle Kommunikationsund Kollaborationslösung eignen sie sich für eLearning und Wissensman...

Um den Wirkungsgrad von eLearning-Offensiven im Hinblick auf eine langfristige qualitative Veränderung der Hochschullehre sicherzustellen, ist es von zentraler Bedeutung rechtzeitig Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, die eine Nachhaltigkeit des Einsatzes von eLearning gewährleisten. Qualität wird hierbei über die zukünftigen Erfolgschancen und damit über die Nachhaltigkeit des eLearning entscheiden; dies ...

The development of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) and eLearning systems has been progressing largely independently over the past several years. Both types of systems have strengths and weaknesses – ITSs are typically domain specific and rely on concise knowledge modeling and learner modeling, while eLearning systems are deployable in a wide range of circumstances and focus on connecting lea...