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Bolt, Nancy M. – 2000
This paper is an analysis of Intranets and Extranets at selected state libraries in the United States. The paper does not review World Wide Web sites designed for use by the general public; rather, it focuses on Web sites designed and delivered by the state library to a targeted audience, typically state government employees, state library…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Design Preferences, Library Surveys, State Libraries
Norris, Cathleen; Soloway, Elliot – 2000
This paper documents the authors' efforts at constructing, deploying, and analyzing Snapshot Surveys in a range of educational settings. The Snapshot Survey Service is an Internet-based technology that enables educators at the local, state, and even national level to survey, quickly and at low-cost, other educators on issues that are particularly…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Design Preferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Tables (Data)
Grabinger, R. Scott – 1986
Several text format variables were examined in an attempt to identify the ways in which these variables interact in specific design combinations. The variables include: heading location (embedded or isolated); line length (short or long); space between lines (single or double); paragraph indication (indented or spaced); use of running heads…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction
Gale, Carolyn; Bourne, John R.; Thompson, Benjamin – 1997
This paper traces the development and maintenance of an introductory workshop delivered over the Internet, called the ALN (Asynchronous Learning Networks) Workshop on Internet Basics held at the Vanderbilt University Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE). The first section discusses creation and implementation issues, including…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Design Preferences
Frick, Theodore; Kisling, Eric; Cai, Weijia; Yu, Byeong Min; Giles, Frank; Brown, J. P. – 1999
This study investigated performance differences between three different World Wide Web-based navigation models: linear, persistent, and semi-persistent menu structures. Subjects, 44 graduate and undergraduate students at Indiana University and public school teachers, were placed into one of the three navigation conditions and completed…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Design Preferences, Higher Education
Koroghlanian, Carol M.; Sullivan, Howard J. – 1999
This study investigated the effects of audio and text density on the achievement, time-in-program, and attitudes of 134 undergraduates. Data concerning the subjects' preexisting computer skills and experience, as well as demographic information, were also collected. The instruction in visual design principles was delivered by computer and included…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Instruction, Auditory Stimuli, Comparative Analysis
Bradshaw, Amy C. – 1998
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of presentation interference on students' ability to learn from, and their beliefs regarding, computer-generated presentations. Informed by single-element screen design studies and professional practice, this combined-element study compared a contextually based, intentionally interference free…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Software Development, Courseware