Evaluating Interactive Learning Content in an eLearning Environment

Abstract

The interaction between teacher and learner, as well as the interaction between learner and content, has a significant impact on the effectiveness of any learning process. In this paper, we discuss interactivity in the context of eLearning and we focus on the interaction between the learner and the content. The objective is to provide clear metrics to measure learner-content interactivity from the design perspective and at the level of learning objects. A series of tests is performed using our metrics on a set of different learning objects from various university curricula.The article presents suggested metrics, and summarizes findings concerning their interest and applicability.