Evaluating a cross-cultural children's online book community: Lessons learned for sociability, usability, and cultural exchange

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 494-511

  Komlodi, Anita ^a   Hou, Weimin ^b   Preece, Jenny ^b   Druin, Allison ^b   Golub, Evan ^b   Alburo, Jade ^b   Liao, Sabrina ^b   Elkiss, Aaron ^b   Resnik, Philip ^b  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cross cultural; Evaluation and design; International Children's Digital Library; Online communities

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; E-LEARNING; FORMAL LANGUAGES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL CHILDREN'S LIBRARY (ICDL); ONLINE BOOK; ONLINE COMMUNITIES;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34347206349     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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