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Usability Inspection in Model-Driven Web Development: Empirical Validation in WebML
There is a lack of empirically validated usability evaluation methods that can be applied to models in model-driven Web development. Evaluation of these models allows an early detection of usability problems perceived by the end-user. This motivated us to propose WUEP, a usability inspection method which can be integrated into different model-driven Web development processes. We previously demonstrated how WUEP can effectively be used when following the Object-Oriented Hypermedia method. In order to provide evidences about WUEP’s generalizability, this paper presents the operationalization and empirical validation of WUEP into another well-known method: WebML. The effectiveness, efficiency, perceived ease of use, and satisfaction of WUEP were evaluated in comparison to Heuristic Evaluation (HE) from the viewpoint of novice inspectors. The results show that WUEP was more effective and efficient than HE when detecting usability problems on models. Also, inspectors were satisfied when applying WUEP, and found it easier to use than HE.Fernández MartĂnez, A.; Abrahao Gonzales, SM.; Insfrán Pelozo, CE.; Matera, M. (2013). Usability Inspection in Model-Driven Web Development: Empirical Validation in WebML. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 8107:740-756. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41533-3_457407568107AbrahĂŁo, S., Iborra, E., Vanderdonckt, J.: Usability Evaluation of User Interfaces Generated with a Model-Driven Architecture Tool. In: Maturing Usability: Quality in Software, Interaction and Value, pp. 3–32. Springer (2007)Atterer, R., Schmidt, A.: Adding Usability to Web Engineering Models and Tools. In: Lowe, D.G., Gaedke, M. (eds.) ICWE 2005. LNCS, vol. 3579, pp. 36–41. Springer, Heidelberg (2005)Basili, V., Rombach, H.: The TAME Project: Towards Improvement-Oriented Software Environments. 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A framework for evaluating the usability of political web sites : towards improving cyberdemocracy
Phd ThesisThe use of the World Wide Web (WWW) for political purposes, sometimes known as
Cyberdemocracy, is growing rapidly. Web sites in particular have potential in
improving people's participation in politics; which is one of the basic principles of
democracy. However, currently very few studies have focussed on the usefulness and
effectiveness of such web sites. This research, therefore, investigates the issue of web
usability and proposes a framework for evaluating the usability of web sites
particularly political web sites. It also highlights the potentials of the Internet
technology as an effective political communication medium and emphasises the need
for proper design, maintenance, and evaluation of web sites in order to improve their
effectiveness.
The research began with a literature search on web usability where seven major
factors were identified namely Screen Appearance, Consistency, Accessibility,
Navigation, Media Use, Interactivity, and Content - leading to the formation of a
model called SCANMIC. Further exploration was conducted to elicit criteria relevant
to each factor. The criteria and the model were then commented on and verified by
experts in related fields. An online survey was carried out to identify the importance
of these criteria from the perspectives of Internet users. Additional criteria which
affect the usability of political web sites were also identified through interviews with
frequent visitors of political web sites and web developers, and through content
analysis of twenty political web sites in four different countries: Malaysia, United
States, United Kingdom, and Australia. The findings from the usability criteria
elicitation, expert reviews, survey and web content analysis resulted in a
comprehensive list of web usability criteria, which formed the basis of the evaluation
framework.
The framework was based on a benchmarking approach; an approach that has proven
its success in the business area but not widely used in web evaluation. It proposes
eight cyclical steps for benchmarking web usability, including - decide what to
benchmark, determine what to measure, identify who to benchmark against, identify
who will benchmark, perform the benchmark, analyse data and determine gap,
redesign, and monitor progress. The framework can be used to benchmark the overall
usability of any types of web sites but is particularly suitable for political web sites.
Furthermore, it can guide people with technical or non-technical background, who
intend to benchmark the usability of their web sites against others. It is a very useful
tool for an organisation to identify any gap which might exist between the usability of
its web site and those of its competitors. The framework was tested for its
applicability and practicality on several major political web sites in Malaysia, a
developing country with a fast growth in terms of Internet access. The outcome of the
testing was used to refine and finalise the framework.
Research limitations are discussed in the last chapter and for each limitation, a
suggestion for future studies is proposed. For example, there is an urgent need for a
computerised tool to assist the benchmarking process. Testing the applicability of the
benchmarking framework on other types of web sites also calls for future
investigations. In addition, extending the applicability of the framework to include
small displays technologies such as mobile phones and hand-held devices requires
urgent attention.Universiti Utara Malaysi
Conceptualization of an Assessment System to Measure Vocabulary in Science (Project MELVA-S)
This paper aims to report the conceptualization of a web-based Automated Speech Recognition Scoring System, project MELVA-S (Measuring the English Language Vocabulary Acquisition of Latinx Bilingual Students), to measure the science vocabulary of second- and third-grade Latinx students. ELVA (English Learner Vocabulary Acquisition First Iteration) and ELVA-2 (English Learner Vocabulary Acquisition Second Iteration) focused on student’s learning and comprehension on science vocabularies. Both of the iterations are the foundation to build MELVA-S, which intends to measure and evaluate student’s answers with greater accuracy with Machine Learning. As a web-based agent, this system increases satisfaction for both teachers’ and students’ User Experience (UX) from content, design, and engineering perspectives. The project utilized a design-thinking approach and prototyped both the algorithm and the automated system interfaces. Future iterations of ELVA-2 and MELVA-S could consider adopting a Human-Centered Machine Learning approach, implemented with incremental improvements that include evaluation and testing with users, to keep enhancing both usability and functionality of the system for better UX
Evaluation of the usability of the virtual learning spaces game user interface.
Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2004.This thesis reports on a usability study conducted on the Virtual Learning Spaces (VLS) computerbased educational adventure game. The aim of the game is to improve the acquisition of knowledge through play in an interactive, entertaining and intrinsically motivating computer-based environment. The objective of this study centred on assessing the quality of the VLS game user interface, and determining faults and problems that may hinder implementation Literature on usability of virtual reality educational game systems and related phenomenon of usability of other types of computer application systems was reviewed, including, to a lesser extent, literature on usability of web pages. The major issues of interest included, usability issues concerning principles of good user interface design, factors that influence how a user interface promotes user satisfaction and the objectives of playing the game, from player, game and the game as medium of learning perspectives. These principles provided a set of usability requirements for the VLS game user interface on which the evaluation was based. A series of data collection methods comprising a cognitive walk through, heuristic evaluation, usability testing and post-test questionnaire, were used in this study. Despite some usability problems, results indicate that the VLS user interface design conformed, extensively, to the principles of good user interface design in appearance, interaction and user help. It was also found to be engaging, comprehensible and unbiased (in terms of gender and variable computer skills)
What is usability in the context of the digital library and how can it be measured?
This paper reviews how usability has been defined in the context of the digital library, what methods have been applied and their applicability, and proposes an evaluation model and a suite of instruments for evaluating usability for academic digital libraries. The model examines effectiveness, efficiency, satisfaction, and learnability. It is found that there exists an interlocking relationship among effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. It also examines how learnability interacts with these three attributes
Development and Usability Testing of an Internet Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Overweight Adolescents
Background: Internet interventions may provide opportunities for low threshold counseling using feedback to guide and support health behavior, including increased physical activity. Research shows that overweight and obese adolescents are less physically active than their peers of normal weight. There are good reasons to believe that Internet-based interventions may be particularly suitable for motivating adolescents to increase physical activity, but we need to gain further knowledge of what features are effective and how to design such interventions.
Objective: To describe the process of development and evaluation of usability of a Web-based program for increasing physical activity in overweight adolescents.
Methods: Informed by the self-determination theory, motivational interviewing, and perspectives on self-regulation, this intervention was developed in a stepwise process by an interdisciplinary team of researchers, designers, developers, and representatives from the target group. An iterative qualitative usability testing approach (observation, survey, and interview) was applied in 2 sequences, first in the lab and second in the field, to assess how adolescents (aged 12-16 years) used and experienced the program and to make adjustments to the program based on evaluation of their response.
Results: The following components were included in the program: self-monitoring through planning and registration of physical activity and graphical response on progress, autonomy supportive individual Web-based counseling, forum for social support, and relevant age-adjusted information about physical activity. The first usability test resulted in adjustments related mainly to making the content and aim of the different features more visible and explicit. The second test evaluated the program with adjustments from the first test, revealing that the program was well accepted by the participants and only small aesthetic adjustments had to be made to complete the final version of the Internet program, Young & Active.
Conclusions: Thorough preparation, with clear theory foundation and close monitoring in the developmental phase, as well as contribution and iterative evaluation from the target group, is essential to create a user-friendly and engaging program. The efficacy of the program will be evaluated in a controlled trial
Issues in Evaluating Health Department Web-Based Data Query Systems: Working Papers
Compiles papers on conceptual and methodological topics to consider in evaluating state health department systems that provide aggregate data online, such as taxonomy, logic models, indicators, and design. Includes surveys and examples of evaluations
Digital interaction: where are we going?
In the framework of the AVI 2018 Conference, the interuniversity center ECONA has organized a thematic workshop on "Digital Interaction: where are we going?". Six contributions from the ECONA members investigate different perspectives around this thematic
Determination and evaluation of web accessibility
The Web is the most pervasive collaborative
technology in widespread use today; however,
access to the web and its many applications cannot
be taken for granted. Web accessibility encompasses
a variety of concerns ranging from societal,
political, and economic to individual, physical, and
intellectual through to the purely technical. Thus,
there are many perspectives from which web
accessibility can be understood and evaluated. In
order to discuss these concerns and to gain a better
understanding of web accessibility, an accessibility
framework is proposed using as its base a layered
evaluation framework from Computer Supported
Co-operative Work research and the ISO standard,
ISO/IEC 9126 on software quality. The former is
employed in recognition of the collaborative nature
of the web and its importance in facilitating
communication. The latter is employed to refine and
extend the technical issues and to highlight the need
for considering accessibility from the viewpoint of
the web developer and maintainer as well as the web
user. A technically inaccessible web is unlikely to be
evolved over time. A final goal of the accessibility
framework is to provide web developers and
maintainers with a practical basis for considering
web accessibility through the development of a set of
accessibility factors associated with each identified
layer
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