Comments on: Why are VLE Interfaces so poor? What can be done about it? http://eclecticdreams.com/blog/why-are-vle-interfaces-so-poor-what-can-be-done-about-it A Web Design and Development Blog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:27:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt http://eclecticdreams.com/blog/why-are-vle-interfaces-so-poor-what-can-be-done-about-it/comment-page-1#comment-17498 Matt Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:14:07 +0000 http://eclecticdreams.com/?p=188#comment-17498 There's certainly a bit of the old "you need to eat your own dogfood" issue, but a lot of these systems are used by the developers. However, they suffer from the standard problem that the creators already know how to use the software, so don't notice its flaws. There’s certainly a bit of the old “you need to eat your own dogfood” issue, but a lot of these systems are used by the developers. However, they suffer from the standard problem that the creators already know how to use the software, so don’t notice its flaws.

]]> By: Tom Martin http://eclecticdreams.com/blog/why-are-vle-interfaces-so-poor-what-can-be-done-about-it/comment-page-1#comment-17483 Tom Martin Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:53:23 +0000 http://eclecticdreams.com/?p=188#comment-17483 Because the people building the software aren't using the software. If team were forced into using the VLE internally then a lot of usability issues would be fixed because the team would be annoyed on a day to day basis. Because the most vocal users will be the teachers, who simply want to get there stuff into the VLE as quickly and easily as possible. Although Students will have the most contact with the software it'll be for the least amount of time, duration of a semester for example. They have no direct contact with the dev team, only though the uni who needs to be the messenger. Uni's need to employ developers that work to hack/build the VLE for the teachers without compromising the student user experience. There only goal should be to make the software better for everyone. Because the people building the software aren’t using the software. If team were forced into using the VLE internally then a lot of usability issues would be fixed because the team would be annoyed on a day to day basis.

Because the most vocal users will be the teachers, who simply want to get there stuff into the VLE as quickly and easily as possible. Although Students will have the most contact with the software it’ll be for the least amount of time, duration of a semester for example. They have no direct contact with the dev team, only though the uni who needs to be the messenger.

Uni’s need to employ developers that work to hack/build the VLE for the teachers without compromising the student user experience. There only goal should be to make the software better for everyone.

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