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Training Software Developers and Designers to Conduct Usability Evaluations
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Skov, Mikael Brasholt; Stage, Jan – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2012
Many efforts to improve the interplay between usability evaluation and software development rely either on better methods for conducting usability evaluations or on better formats for presenting evaluation results in ways that are useful for software designers and developers. Both of these approaches depend on a complete division of work between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Introductory Courses, Evaluators, Computer Software
Course Management Systems: Time for Users to Get What They Need
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Ioannou, Andri; Hannafin, Robert D. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
Course management systems (CMSs) are software systems designed to manage course content and course activities. These tools integrate technological and pedagogical features into a web-based system that allows instructors, even those who are unfamiliar with web-based technologies, to design, deliver, and manage an online course. However, CMSs have…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Course Content, Courseware, Computer Managed Instruction
An Approach to the Evaluation of Hypermedia.
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Knussen, Christina; And Others – Computers and Education, 1991
Discusses methods that may be applied to the evaluation of hypermedia, based on six models described by Lawton. Techniques described include observation, self-report measures, interviews, automated measures, psychometric tests, checklists and criterion-based techniques, process models, Experimentally Measuring Usability (EMU), and a naturalistic…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Criteria
Specifications for Thesaurus Software.
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Milstead, Jessica L. – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Presents specifications for software that is designed to support manual development and maintenance of information retrieval thesauri. Evaluation of existing software and design of custom software is discussed, requirements for integration with larger systems and for the user interface are described, and relationships among terms are discussed.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Criteria
The Systematic Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of a Multimedia Authoring System.
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Beasley, Robert E. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1997
The choice of multimedia authoring systems influences the development and cost of multimedia projects. Provides a method of selecting authoring systems and organizes selection criteria into two classes for analysis: functional (authoring metaphor, interactivity, scripting language, testing paradigm, object orientation, multimedia component…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation
Artistic Criticism of a Computer-Based Reading Program.
Huenecke, Dorothy – Educational Technology, 1992
This critique of "Writing to Read," a computer-based reading and writing program, uses aesthetic criteria and artistic criticism. Observations of kindergarten and first grade classes are described; education as art is considered; the issues of time and control are examined; and the aesthetic criteria of balance and coherence are…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Classroom Observation Techniques