Evaluating usability in a distance digital systems laboratory class

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 308-313

  Kostaras, Nektarios ^a   Xenos, Michalis ^a   Skodras, Athanassios N ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distance laboratory; educational technology; quality assessment; quality assessment laboratory; usability evaluation methods

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE LABORATORIES; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY ASSESSMENT LABORATORY; USABILITY EVALUATION METHODS;

LABORATORIES; MICROELECTRONICS; RATING; STUDENTS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79955571615     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2010.2054096     Document Type: Article

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