**Study of the Assessment Criteria on e-Learning Websites**

Kuei-Chih K.C. Chuang and Mei Chuan Tsai

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/61062

#### **Abstract**

This study aimed at exploring and discussing cognizance of teachers and students toward construction of e-learning websites. It was evaluated and it developed five assessment indexes required as "Assessment Guidelines on e-Learning Websites." These five assessment indexes were "teaching material and the structure," "layout design," "interface design," "interaction design," and "establishment of system configuration." The development of survey questionnaires was based on the above five assessment indexes as well. In this study, several goals are achieved, for example, teaching resources could be augmented, quality of Web-based instruction could be improved, learners' time and efforts in Web-based learning could be saved, and effects of Web-based teaching and learning could be highlighted. In the end, a digital Taiwan can become possible when the Web-based instructions follow the assessment guidelines and prevail over the aggressive competition.

**Keywords:** Assessment guidelines of an instructional website, Internet, Instruction‐ al websites, Internet server end, Assessment guidelines
