Many e-learning artefacts have been developed and promoted based on their ability to enhance learning and elearner experience. However, there is a lack of precise definition of what the e-learner experience implies and associated models to inform this experience. This paper introduces a novel e-Learner Experience Model (eLEM) along with its roots in: (i) e-learning domain research, and (ii) use...

The perceived affordances of an everyday object guide its user toward habitual movements and experiences. Physical actions that are not immediately associated with established body techniques often remain neglected. Can sound activate those potentials for action that remain latent in the physicality of an object? How can the exploration of underused and unusual bodily movements be fostered? Thi...

Today’s youth thrive in informal participatory communities where they not only consume but also act as contributors or producers. In a participatory culture of learning, students’ active contributions to their learning are stressed and peer assessment is considered as an important component. In this paper we investigate which user experiences should be supported in a playful peer feedback tool ...

The increase of natural, industrial disasters and diverse crisis has stimulated more research interest to developing new forms of services support in the decision making process. To effectively prepare, mitigate and deal with such disasters, the prior of the people experiences involved in crisis preparedness and rescue need to be captured and used as a basis knowledge in existing and innovative...

Measurements related to user expectations, behaviors and experiences can provide useful data to many roles and teams in a company. Each role provides different views to the question “what should be measured, and why?” We conducted an empirical study on user experience (UX) measurement needs at different units and levels in one corporate (Nokia) and asked which kinds of UX measurements would be ...

With the popularity of the online social community, people have become accustomed to sharing their travel experiences online. Internet users can read about others’ experiences, view tour photos, and gather information from other users during their leisure time or before travelling abroad. This study based on the information adoption theory and the concept of experience marketing; additionally, ...

In Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook, you will learn, through step-by-step instructions and exercises, various sketching methods that will let you express your design ideas about user experiences across time. Collectively, these methods will be your sketching repertoire: a toolkit where you can choose the method most appropriate for developing your ideas, which will help you cultivate a ...

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this research wants to consider the formation process of outline and spotted shapes in prehistoric periods. the light and the various form of its reflection, which appears as a shadow, silhouette and lightfast, and the way of facing human with nature surrounding him, is the theoretical base of this paper. light is one of the important elements in nature which help human to know and comprehend i...