Developing Innovative e-Learning Solutions

Nowadays, the interest in applications of e-learning is becoming more and more meaningful in various social and production areas. There are numerous proposals for new learning solutions mediated by technologies that depart from technological innovations. In this paper a method for development innovative solutions in e-learning applications based on the centrality of the studies of human-computer interaction is proposed. In particular, it explores the concept of usability and proposes a design framework. An application to the construction of an e-learning system is also presented.

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