dc.contributor.advisor | Venter, Isabella M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sanga, Camilius | |
dc.contributor.other | Dept. of Computer Science | |
dc.contributor.other | Faculty of Science | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-15T09:15:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011/05/27 13:04 | |
dc.date.available | 2011/05/27 | |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-15T09:15:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2564 | |
dc.description | Philosophiae Doctor - PhD | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Evaluating software is a universal and complex problem. The question is: how should software be selected and adopted, or rather, which of the software packages is the most suitable for a specific environment? Extensive research on the evaluation of software has been done, but only a few researchers have considered evaluation of e-learning systems based on three software quality characteristics (i.e. usability, maintainability and deployability) for implementation in third world countries. In this thesis, it will be considered how to use a mixed research methods for the evaluation of free and open source e-learning systems in a developing country. The scope of this investigation is the evaluation of two free and open source e-learning systems at the Open University of Tanzania using 33 stakeholders (some with more and others with less computer expertise). | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
dc.subject | e-learning | en_US |
dc.subject | Educational technology | en_US |
dc.subject | Open source software | en_US |
dc.subject | Open access | en_US |
dc.subject | Internet in education | en_US |
dc.subject | Computer-assisted instruction | en_US |
dc.subject | Software | en_US |
dc.subject | Instructional systems Design | en_US |
dc.title | A technique for the evaluation of free and open source e-learning systems | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
dc.description.country | South Africa | |