A STUDY OF USER INTERFACE DESIGN PROBLEM IN ELECTRONIC LEARNING AS A THAI CONTEXT

With the growth of multimedia technology, electronic learning (e-learning) appears in society and rapidly grows. E-learning is the learning process created by interaction with digitally delivered content, services and support. Therefore, there is an increasing interest and investment on innovative learning systems that can reach out from the traditional learning methods. However, although e-learning systems have been becoming an influence on the success of learning, these systems confront some problems that are quite different from the traditional learning methods. Most of them should be considered too much with the user interface (UI) design. Then, if an e-learning system is poor UI design, it will become a barrier to effective learning and information recognition. This is because a poorly designed interface leads feeling of learners to be lost, confused, or frustrated. Therefore, an appropriate UI design becomes a discipline of great importance element in any e-learning project. This paper aims to overview study and analysis of UI design problem in a Thai context. The key principles will suggest to guideline as a probable way for improving UI design in this case. In addition, the paper also presents a concerned theory of interface design that can be applied for developing an e-learning layout because the effectiveness of learner recognition also influences on the e-learning UI. Finally, it is a solution that can be helped to provide the success of any e-learning system in a Thai context.