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Design Implications from a Usability Study of GramStain-Tutor.
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Kim, Sara; Brock, Douglas; Orkand, Adam; Astion, Michael – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2001
Describes a usability study conducted with health sciences students at the University of Washington that explored interface issues in the GramStain Tutor, an educational software program on CD-ROM, particularly the navigation of the program and the use of embedded design features. (LRW)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Development, Courseware
Bibliographic Database Searching by Graduate Students in Language and Literature: Search Strategies, System Interfaces, and Relevance Judgments.
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Shaw, Deborah – Library & Information Science Research, 1995
Discussion of information retrieval in the humanities focuses on a study of 10 graduate students at Indiana University as they conducted literature searches using databases on CD-ROM. Highlights include a review of related literature, search strategies, relevance assessments, human-computer interaction, and databases and indexing. (LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Interfaces, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Undergraduate Use of CD-ROM Databases: Observations of Human-Computer Interaction and Relevance Judgments.
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Shaw, Debora – Library & Information Science Research, 1996
Describes a study that observed undergraduates as they searched bibliographic databases on a CD-ROM local area network. Topics include related research, information needs, evolution of search topics, database selection, search strategies, relevance judgments, CD-ROM interfaces, and library instruction. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Interfaces, Higher Education
A Qualitative Look at Preservice Teacher's Perceptions of the Future of Computers in Education.
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Schnackenberg, Heidi L.; Savenye, Wilhelmina C. – 1997
A qualitative study was conducted to determine the perceptions of preservice teachers on how computers will be used in schools in the future. Undergraduate students (n=40) were given a 60-minute multimedia presentation on how computer and multimedia technologies are used in schools, followed by group discussions on the ways in which computers will…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer Uses in Education