Abstract: An informal focused group discussion by tertiary-level educators, a computer programmer and graduate students on the various issues surrounding the effectiveness of online education platforms elicited ideas that conceptualized the design of a software interface that can be the standard of future developments in the field of online education. It was further refined by the researcher through a series of heuristic inquiries and after studying existing platforms in the web. The functionality of the design was then shown and explained to teacher respondents who valued its user-friendliness and potential in delivering graduate distance education. Moreover, it was felt that it also supported an environment where student-teacher interactions are actively carried out. It thus filled established gaps in online learning such as the lack of interactivity, social connectedness, and teacher presence.
Keywords: online learning, educational technology, distance education, eLearning platform.
Title: Designing an Online Interface Platform for Distance Education: Redefining Efficiency and Interactivity
Author: Bryan Yves G. Araneta
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
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