Journal of Online Learning Research and Practice Volume 7, Number 2, 2019 | Page 41

Journal of Online Learning Research and Practice
Figure 9. Bar chart showing the participants’ response to How easy it is to use the system?
have prior experience working in an online
learning environment and feel that
they may learn better through online
learning environments than traditional
classrooms, 91% reported that online
materials might enhance traditional
classroom materials, and 83% believe
that teacher training should involve
more online teaching tools as a method
to supplement traditional classroom
learning.
The results of the post-survey
presented the participants’ perceptions
of the Spectrum application tool from
the usability point of view. Average responses
to all of the usability questions
indicated a positive response to the application.
Data were collected on a fivepoint
scale, with strongly disagree being
the lowest and strongly agree being the
highest. On a scale of 1-5, the average
rating for each question in the survey
was nearly 4. The response to the system
was better than expected.
Figure 9 shows the participants’
responses to the usability question The
overall application is easy to use regarding
the Spectrum educational tool. Of
the participants, 52% Agree that the
application was easy to use and 30%
Strongly agree that the application was
easy to use. However, 18% of the participants
indicated that they did not find
it easy to use the application. This indicates
that we need to provide greater
support and improved usability for novice
users with less computing efficacy.
Table 4 provides a summary of
the post-survey questionnaire reported
by the three sets of participants regarding
the usability of the application.
Judging by how users rated the system,
we conclude that most of them responded
that the developed system had better
usability features. This supports one of
the goals of the project, which was to
build a learning environment that was
intuitive, user-friendly, and easy to use
and learn.
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