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Evaluating LMS Usability for Enhanced eLearning Experience
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EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Orlando, FL USA ISBN 978-1-880094-60-0 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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Abstract

This paper reports the method and results of a comparative usability study conducted on four Learning Management Systems (LMS), two commercial and two Open Source. The results suggest that there is no single most usable LMS, and that there is no significant difference in the usability of commercial vs. Open Source applications for eLearning. Finally, the paper proposes some simple workarounds that teachers and instructional developers can exploit in order to fix some LMS usability problems in student interface.

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Inversini, A., Botturi, L. & Triacca, L. (2006). Evaluating LMS Usability for Enhanced eLearning Experience. In E. Pearson & P. Bohman (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2006--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 595-601). Orlando, FL USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved May 30, 2023 from .

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