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Chapter 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-516-8.ch018
Brenda Tyczkowski
University of Wisconsin Green Bay, USA
Eric Bauman
Clinical Playground, LLC, USA
Susan Gallagher-Lepak
University of Wisconsin Green Bay, USA
Christine Vandenhouten
University of Wisconsin Green Bay, USA
Janet Resop Reilly
University of Wisconsin Green Bay, USA
An Interface Design
Evaluation of Courses in a
Nursing Program using an
E-Learning Framework:
A Case Study
ABSTRACT
Interface design refers to the overall look and feel of an e-learning program by the end user (Hall, as cited
in Khan, 2005). Initially designed for corporate use, the World Wide Web as it is now known surfaced in
the early 1990s. Individual use grew rapidly in the 1990’s, with “online users doubling or tripling every
year” (When Guide, n.d.). Online degree granting educational programs slowly developed. An early fully
online RN (Registered Nurse) to BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) program was the Collaborative
Nursing Program (CNP) in Wisconsin. The CNP, now called the “BSN@Home” program, started in
1995, to serve associate degree and diploma prepared nurses throughout the state of Wisconsin desiring