A usability study on human-computer interface for middle-aged learners

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2040-2063

  Chou, Jyh Rong ^a   Hsiao, Shih Wen ^b  

^a FORTUNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer training; Human computer interface; Learning; Usability; Use of computer

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER MONITORS; CORRELATION METHODS; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); PERSONNEL TRAINING;

COMPUTER LEARNING; COMPUTER TRAINING; COMPUTERPHOBIA; LEARNING CAPABILITY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 33846571931     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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