Improving the usability of the user interface for a digital textbook platform for elementary-school students

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-173

  Lim, Cheolil ^a   Song, Hae Deok ^b   Lee, Yekyung ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Digital textbook platform; Iterative design and evaluation; Learning perspective; Usability testing; User interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863063876     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-011-9222-5     Document Type: Article

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