Our Class Website:  Evaluation of a Resource Website for Yearbook Students

St John, Susan Lee

Our Class Website: Evaluation of a Resource Website for Yearbook Students

dc.contributor.author	St John, Susan Lee
dc.contributor.instructor	Eichelberger, Ariana
dc.contributor.instructor	Leong, Peter
dc.contributor.instructor	Menchaca, Mike
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-01T21:30:59Z
dc.date.available	2013-05-01T21:30:59Z
dc.date.issued	2013-04-16
dc.description.abstract	The production of a high school yearbook demands high-level skills, which require time to learn. However, this 10th grade yearbook design course, offered at a private high school on Oahu, has limited face-to-face instruction. Consequently, students need to complete many of the assignments independently. The instructor created a resource website to augment learning materials. The purpose of this instructional design project was to evaluate the effectiveness of this resource website. The instructor conducted a survey and “talk-aloud” interviews to assess the students’ usage of the course website. The majority of the survey respondents claimed that they consult the website at least once or twice during a 6-day cycle. The majority also agreed that this resource helped them become more productive members of this course. The talk-aloud interviews suggested that there was little to no user disorientation while navigating the website. In general, students reacted positively to the addition of this resource. This study implies that a website, designed with respect to characteristics of effective websites, has a positive effect in the affective realm. However, the majority of the students still felt that more face-to-face class time would improve the quality of the instructional experience. This project may be helpful to any instructor whose class is expected to produce a product—a publication or student performance—but who has limited class time to teach necessary skills.
dc.format.extent	10
dc.identifier.citation	St John, S. (2013, April 16). Our Class Website: Evaluation of a Resource Website for Yearbook Students. Presentation at the 18th Annual Technology, Colleges, and Community Worldwide Online Conference.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27163
dc.language.iso	en-US
dc.publisher	Technology, Colleges, and Community Worldwide Online Conference
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subject	Instructional Design
dc.subject	Yearbook Production
dc.subject	Course Website
dc.subject	Talk-Aloud Interviews
dc.subject	High School Education
dc.subject	Technology Tools
dc.subject.lcsh	Instructional Design
dc.subject.lcsh	Yearbook Production
dc.subject.lcsh	Course Website
dc.subject.lcsh	Talk-Aloud Interviews
dc.subject.lcsh	High School Education
dc.subject.lcsh	Technology Tools
dc.title	Our Class Website: Evaluation of a Resource Website for Yearbook Students
dc.type	Conference Paper
dc.type	Master's Project
dc.type	Presentation
dc.type.dcmi	Text