Exploring the relationship between anxiety and usability evaluation - An online study of internet and wiki anxiety

MCCSIS'08 - IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems; Proceedings of Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 69-76

  Cowan, Benjamin R ^a   Vigentini, Lorenzo ^b   Jack, Mervyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet anxiety; Usability; Wiki anxiety

Indexed keywords

COURSE REQUIREMENTS; GROUP PROJECTS; INTERNET ANXIETY; IT APPLICATIONS; KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION; LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES; UNIVERSITY COURSES; USABILITY; USABILITY DESIGN; USABILITY EVALUATION; WIKI ANXIETY;

ARSENIC; COMPUTERS; EDUCATION; FILE EDITORS; HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); INTERNET; MARKUP LANGUAGES; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; USER INTERFACES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 58449092917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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