Title :
Enhancing usability by international students of a distance learning Web site
Author :
Kjell, Bradley ; Gailer, Heinrich
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Central Connecticut State Univ., New Britain, CT, USA
Abstract :
This paper discusses how a Web site created for computer science courses at an American university has been made more accessible to international English-reading students. The suggestions are based on experience with a site that has proven to be popular among students around the world. The Web site, chortle.ccsu.edu, contains several complete courses on basic computer science topics.
Keywords :
Web sites; computer aided instruction; computer science education; distance learning; educational courses; Web site usability; chortle.ccsu.edu; computer science courses; distance learning; international English-reading students; Books; Computer aided instruction; Computer languages; Computer science; Cultural differences; Java; Natural languages; Usability; Web pages; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Technology and Society, 2004. ISTAS '04. International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8390-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISTAS.2004.1314334
