Assessing the Relative Importance of an E-learning system Usability Design Characteristics Based on Students' Preferences
Journal Article
Rutter, M. J., Smith, S., & Alshehri, A. (2019)
Assessing the Relative Importance of an E-learning system Usability Design Characteristics Based on Students' Preferences. European Journal of Educational Research, 8(3), 839-855. https://doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.8.3.839
This study considers the interaction between an e-learning system, the Blackboard system, and the students who use it in Saudi Arabia. While previous work exists, there is lim...
Creating engaging and stimulating Web based material
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, January)
Creating engaging and stimulating Web based material. Presented at LTT 2014, Holyrood, Edinburgh
This presentation outlines the collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University and Bright Red Publishing
Soundscape mapping: a tool for evaluating sounds and auditory environments
Conference Proceeding
McGregor, I., LePlâtre, G., Turner, P., & Flint, T. (2010)
Soundscape mapping: a tool for evaluating sounds and auditory environments. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Auditory Display
This paper describes a soundscape mapping tool, and provides an illustration of its use in the evaluation of an in-car auditory interface. The tool addresses three areas: comm...
Articulating the Sense of Place Experienced by Visitors to the Jencks Landform
Book Chapter
Smyth, M. (2005)
Articulating the Sense of Place Experienced by Visitors to the Jencks Landform. In P. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Spaces, Spatiality and Technology (249-260). Dordrecht: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3273-0_17
Who am I and where am I? - switching and stitching in the digital age.
Conference Proceeding
Smyth, M., Raijmakers, B., & Munro, A. (2003)
Who am I and where am I? - switching and stitching in the digital age. In D. Marjanovic (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th International Design Conference DESIGN 2004, 1487-1492
This paper will introduce the concept of human identity. It will focus on how the creation, maintenance and communication of identity could be supported by technology. Initial...
Designing and evaluating information spaces: a navigational perspective.
Thesis
McCall, R. Designing and evaluating information spaces: a navigational perspective. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3606
Navigation in two and three dimensional electronic environments has become an important usability
issue.Research in to the use of hypertext systems would appear to suggest tha...
Evaluating book and hypertext: analysis of individual differences.
Thesis
Wilkinson, S. Evaluating book and hypertext: analysis of individual differences. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7358
This thesis investigates the usability of an 800 page textbook compared with a hypertext
version containing the same information. Hypertext is an interesting new medium in tha...
Applying Experientialism to HCI Methods.
Thesis
Imaz, M. Applying Experientialism to HCI Methods. (Thesis)
Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2813
The aim of this thesis is to incorporate the results of Experientialism in the domain of
Human-Computer Interaction. The purpose is twofold: on the one hand it shows how some
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A framework for engineering metaphor at the user interface
Journal Article
Alty, J., Knott, R., Anderson, B., & Smyth, M. (2000)
A framework for engineering metaphor at the user interface. Interacting with Computers, 13(2), (301-322). ISSN 0953-5438
Interface metaphors facilitate the learning of new computer systems by supporting the transformation of existing knowledge in order to improve the comprehension of novel situa...
TOUCH: Creating interactional artefacts in a physical world
Journal Article
Smyth, M. (1999)
TOUCH: Creating interactional artefacts in a physical world. Interfaces / the British HCI Group newsletter. , 17. ISSN 1351-119X
The maxim states that seeing is believing but that it is touch that determines reality. Instinctively we
reach out to touch those objects that attract or perplex. Touch convey...