ONLINE JOURNAL

First let me describe to you what an online journal is. A blog is more likely to be as an online diary but an online journal is likely to be like an educational site which it has an editorial control. Journal of all kinds have editors or editorial boards who review submissions and perform a quality control function to ensure that all material appearing in the journal meets the expectations. Journal is a place where new ideas emerged from people that are sharing the journal in getting new information about a topic. Journal also can be a method of teaching. Typical examples of online journals are literary journals, news and popular interest magazines, and ones devoted to specialty subject such as professional or academic publications in other words, e-learning.

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Abstract Designing and implementing effective e-learning is a complex process, which involves many factors. Lecturers need to constantly consider, evaluate and adjust this factor to provide effective e-learning environments for students. In this paper, we report on the design and development of the Online Learning Environment Survey (OLES), an instrument which can be used to gather and represent data on students' 'actual' (experienced) and 'preferred' (ideal) learning environments. We describe the use of this instrument in blended learning environments with university classes, illustrating how OLES can be used by educators striving for good practice in the design of effective online learning environments.

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia with the intention of defining an initial research agenda for discipline-specific factors in the usability of e-learning websites, this article focuses on the example of foreign language learning. First, general notions and concepts of usability are analyzed, and the term "pedagogical usability" is proposed as a means of focusing on the close relationship between usability and pedagogical design. Then, to address the key issue of whether there are aspects of pedagogical usability that are discipline-specific, the article examines how language learning and teaching, in particular Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL), has approached usability when developing technology-enhanced learning materials. Three elements of a research agenda are identified:-

(a) Pedagogical usability,

(b) Inter cultural usability and

(c) Website evaluation.

In conclusion, it is suggested that, just as language learning websites may require a discipline-specific approach, other disciplines' pedagogical usability may also need to be considered in relation to the specific requirements of the discipline, and that a debate around these issues is timely. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]