Comments on: On e-learning and usability http://blog.justinmind.com/on-e-learning-and-usability/ News about wireframes, web application design and web prototype Tue, 15 May 2012 13:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: admin http://blog.justinmind.com/on-e-learning-and-usability/#comment-2685 admin Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:26:08 +0000 http://www.justinmind.com/blog/?p=1062#comment-2685 Yes, the truth is is not widespread, I just wanted to be a little controversial. Great response by the way, thanks. Yes, the truth is is not widespread, I just wanted to be a little controversial. Great response by the way, thanks.

]]> By: Darren Hood http://blog.justinmind.com/on-e-learning-and-usability/#comment-2684 Darren Hood Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:03:25 +0000 http://www.justinmind.com/blog/?p=1062#comment-2684 I'm a little shocked at some of the claims in this article and must beg to differ with some of the statements. I was an instructional designer before I became an information architect (as were several of my colleagues) and I applied usability and UX principles to my designs (going back as far as 1999-2000) for large, major corporations and entities. As a matter-of-fact, it was my engagement in and passion for providing strong user experiences that served as the foundation for my entry into the world of user experience full-time. I respect much of what you present, but when you say that "E-learning usability is still new..." that's simply not accurate. I even achieved a certification in E-Learning Development several years ago. When you say "If e-learning practitioners were using usability testing, usability experts could then assess how testers handle learning tools or cope with lots of data without a teacher telling them what to do", I'm reminded of how I conducted usability tests to validate designs of e-learning courses I developed for a large software development company in about 2003-2004. The idea was not considered foreign or groundbreaking in my working environment. If you're saying that usability in e-learning spaces is not widespread, I'd agree, but the blanket statements presented, again, simply are not accurate. I’m a little shocked at some of the claims in this article and must beg to differ with some of the statements. I was an instructional designer before I became an information architect (as were several of my colleagues) and I applied usability and UX principles to my designs (going back as far as 1999-2000) for large, major corporations and entities. As a matter-of-fact, it was my engagement in and passion for providing strong user experiences that served as the foundation for my entry into the world of user experience full-time.

I respect much of what you present, but when you say that “E-learning usability is still new…” that’s simply not accurate. I even achieved a certification in E-Learning Development several years ago. When you say “If e-learning practitioners were using usability testing, usability experts could then assess how testers handle learning tools or cope with lots of data without a teacher telling them what to do”, I’m reminded of how I conducted usability tests to validate designs of e-learning courses I developed for a large software development company in about 2003-2004. The idea was not considered foreign or groundbreaking in my working environment.

If you’re saying that usability in e-learning spaces is not widespread, I’d agree, but the blanket statements presented, again, simply are not accurate.

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