Usability and Pedagogical Design: are Language Learning Websites Special?

Agnes Kukulska-Hulme; Lesley Shield

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 4235–4242

This paper explores the usability of e-learning websites, with particular reference to foreign language learning. Notions and concepts of usability are analyzed, and a definition of 'pedagogical usability' is proposed. The key issue is whether there ...

Topics: Languages

Are Language Learning Websites Special? Towards a Research Agenda for Discipline-Specific Usability

Lesley Shield; Agnes Kukulska-Hulme

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 15, No. 3 (July 2006) pp. 349–369

With the intention of defining an initial research agenda for discipline-specific factors in the usability of e-learning websites, this article focuses on the example of foreign language learning. First, general notions and concepts of usability are ...

Topics: English Language Arts, Language Arts, web design, human-computer interaction, online education, Evaluation, Pedagogy, Instructional Design, design, e-learning, web-based learning

An Overview of Mobile Assisted Language Learning: From Content Delivery to Supported Collaboration and Interaction

Agnes Kukulska-Hulme; Lesley Shield

ReCALL Vol. 20, No. 3 (September 2008) pp. 271–289

Mobile learning is undergoing rapid evolution. While early generations of mobile learning tended to propose activities that were carefully crafted by educators and technologists, learners are increasingly motivated by their personal learning needs,...