Developing Innovative e-Learning Solutions

Marcello Castellano, Francesco Antonio Santangelo

2013

Abstract

Nowadays, the interest in applications of e-learning is becoming more and more meaningful in various social and production areas. There are numerous proposals for new learning solutions mediated by technologies that depart from technological innovations. In this paper a method for development innovative solutions in e-learning applications based on the centrality of the studies of human-computer interaction is proposed. In particular, it explores the concept of usability and proposes a design framework. An application to the construction of an e-learning system is also presented.

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Castellano M. and Santangelo F. (2013). Developing Innovative e-Learning Solutions . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval and the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-75-4, pages 484-489. DOI: 10.5220/0004625304840489


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@conference{kmis13,
author={Marcello Castellano and Francesco Antonio Santangelo},
title={Developing Innovative e-Learning Solutions},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval and the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={484-489},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004625304840489},
isbn={978-989-8565-75-4},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval and the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2013)
TI - Developing Innovative e-Learning Solutions
SN - 978-989-8565-75-4
AU - Castellano M.
AU - Santangelo F.
PY - 2013
SP - 484
EP - 489
DO - 10.5220/0004625304840489