Finding appropriate learning objects: an empirical evaluation

Authors:
Jehad Najjar;Joris Klerkx;Riina Vuorikari;Erik Duval
Affiliations:
Computer Science Department, K.U.Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;Computer Science Department, K.U.Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;Computer Science Department, K.U.Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;Computer Science Department, K.U.Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Venue:
ECDL'05 Proceedings of the 9th European conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
Year:
2005

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Abstract

The challenge of finding appropriate learning objects is one of the bottlenecks for end users in Learning Object Repositories (LORs). This paper investigates usability problems of search tools for learning objects. We present findings and recommendations of an iterative usability study conducted to examine the usability of a search tool used to find learning objects in ARIADNE Knowledge Pool System [1]. Findings and recommendations of this study are generalized to other similar search tools.