On-Demand Learning Center

Improving learning for everyone

Robert LyDavid TedjasatyawiraRyan LaBarreMatt Killam

Outline

Motivation Behind The ODLC Initial Design Usability Evaluating Final Design & Prototype Demo

Motivation Behind The ODLC

View missed lectures Review lectures for studying purposes View lectures before enrolling Rate lectures for increased content quality

Viewing Missed Lectures

The ODLC would provide access to pre-recorded lectures

Lectures can be viewed for as long as the video is available

Lectures can be viewed at the user’s convenience

Review Lectures For Studying Purposes

Increases lecture availability and decreases student confusion

Helps keep students up-to-date on professor announcements

Decreases stress on professors by allowing students to view lectures before asking questions at office hours

View Lectures Before Enrolling

Screen professors to know what to expect Expand personal horizons by viewing lectures

that you are interested in

Rate Lectures For Increased Content Quality

Ratings provide feedback to both students and professors

Lectures with lower ratings will slowly get weeded out of the database

Lectures with higher ratings stay in the database longer

Initial Design Of The ODLC

A central room for students to view lectures

Physical Room Layout

A common room with individual workstations and group clusters

Workstations with headphones to limit ambient noise

Clusters are group-oriented A big screen is available for mass viewing of

a single lecture Hardware device controls

ODLC User Interface

ODLC User Interface

ODLC User Interface

Usability Evaluation: Proposed System

For the people, by the people

Usability Evaluations: The Plan

Evaluate an initial prototype ODLC design Develop a weighted system to rank important

aspects of the tested interfaces Have users evaluate the system Analyze metrics from the evaluation of the system Pinpoint strengths and weaknesses of the system

and use that information to create a better system

Usability Evaluations: The Results

Overwhelming desire for web-based,

remote system

Evaluation Outcome

View courses not enrolled in

Evaluation Outcome

View missed lectures Use for study review Find lectures not necessarily enrolled in View lectures remotely

Evaluation Conclusion

Users prefer individual use from home Web-based accessibility Total software interface, no hardware control Distance learning Move away from initial ODLC room idea MyLectures™

Final Design Of The ODLC

A web accessible lecture viewing tool

Final Design Of The ODLC

A web based system Access not restricted to a physical ODLC

room All controls software based Emphasis on individual use instead of group

collaboration

ODLC User Interface

Simple, intuitive, dynamic web interface Separate content and interface design Includes a rating system, search features,

and standard media player controls

Final Product Prototype

Basic demo http://odlc.reywire.com

“I…think it’s a good idea..”