Title :
An evaluation model for Web-based instruction
Author :
Jun, Woochun ; Le Gruenwald
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Educ., Seoul Nat. Univ. of Educ., South Korea
fDate :
5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Recently Web-based instruction (WBI) has been adopted for many educational systems in order to support distance education. WBI has become popular in that it overcomes time and space limitation in traditional educational systems. But due to lack of face-to-face communication, it is crucial that WBI provide interactivity and motivation for students. This paper introduces a formal model that evaluates interactivity and motivation for courses based on WBI. The model is comprehensive and objective so that it can be used to evaluate any course. Based on the model, the paper selects some WBI courses and compares them for their interactivity and motivation. Finally, the paper concludes with a discussion of further research issues
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; distance learning; educational courses; information resources; CAI; Web-based instruction; courses; distance education; educational systems; evaluation model; interactivity; motivation; research issues; Computer science; Computer science education; Data engineering; Distance learning; Distributed databases; Multimedia databases; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Physics education; Transaction databases;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
