Approaches in teaching and learning have transformed significantly tandem with the advances computerised applications to support process. Software quality characteristics such as usability is one of non-functional requirements that must be taken into consideration when designing developing educational applications. This study focuses on two use (effectiveness satisfaction) three sub-characteris...

  With the advent of computer technology and educational software, hypermedia language learning materi-als made their way in foreign and second language classrooms. Today the role of hypermedia in improv-ing communication skills is by no means deniable. This research aimed at investigating the effect of hy-permedia on the oral performance as well as the motivation of Iranian EFL Learners. A pre...

the advent of computer has revolutionized a variety of fields including education thus paving the way for educational science to enter a new stage. this effect has exhibited itself well in language learning. the development of computer technology and the resulting language learning software, as a reliable tool in the educational system of developed countries, has attracted the attention of both...

Mobile Learning and Multimedia Educational Software play a key role in Educational Technologies. Their features have been identified and used to critically evaluate and trace them. One of the challenges faced by the developers of current Mobile Learning systems and Multimedia Educational Software is their assessment and traceability to meet users’ requirements. This work is based on a technique...

US schools spend $5 billion annually on technology. However, despite the educational software market's size and potential impact on students, its fragmented nature makes it difficult for software producers to develop viable education business strategies based on traditional monolithic applications. Component-based software design radically changes this picture by supporting the design and disse...

The pervasiveness of cell phones among young people has made them an ideal platform to cater educational content informally (anywhere, anytime). Although there are a large number of mobile learning tools, educational games provide an adequate compromise between educational content and games that makes the informal educational exploration more enjoyable and engaging. However, most educational ga...

Introduction: The design of educational software constitutes a field of juxtaposition, disagreement and opposition, between teachers and programmers, as each one tries to impose his views. This is due to the fact that there have not still been formulated clear rules and directions for the design of educational software, which will be of general acceptance. The initial cause might be on one hand...

the development of the information and communication technology is considered as an effective step that has considerably changed in the educational goals, plans, and teaching procedures and improved educational effectiveness.  introducing ‘the software for assessing and teaching core vocabularies to non-persian speakers’, the present study aims to accentuate the role of technology in the educat...