%0 Conference Proceedings %T Usability and Pedagogical Design: are Language Learning Websites Special? %+ TeleLearning Research Group (TLRG) %A Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes %A Shield, Lesley %Z Award winning paper %< avec comité de lecture %( Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2004 %B ED-MEDIA 2004 %C Lugano, Switzerland %Y AACE Digital Library %P 4235-4242 %8 2004 %D 2004 %K web sites %K technology enhanced language learning %Z Computer Science [cs]/Technology for Human LearningConference papers %X This paper explores the usability of e-learning websites, with particular reference to foreign language learning. Notions and concepts of usability are analyzed, and a definition of 'pedagogical usability' is proposed. The key issue is whether there are aspects of pedagogical usability that are discipline-specific. The paper examines the way in which language learning and teaching, in particular Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL), has approached usability as an area worthy of consideration when developing technology-enhanced learning materials. We propose three elements of a research agenda that should be taken forward - pedagogical usability, intercultural usability and website evaluation - to generate a more complete picture of what constitutes usability in language learning websites. %G English %2 https://telearn.hal.science/hal-00190340/document %2 https://telearn.hal.science/hal-00190340/file/KukulskaHulme-Agnes-2004.pdf %L hal-00190340 %U https://telearn.hal.science/hal-00190340 %~ TELEARN %~ TICE %~ TEL