THE ROLE OF USABILITY TESTING IN AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO CAT DEPLOYMENT - Experience from the WELKOM Project

Maurice Grinberg, Evgenia Hristova

2007

Abstract

The main features of an integrated Computer Assisted Training (CAT) system design and deployment methodology, developed in the WELKOM project, are summarized and discussed. The two main dimensions of the methodology – educational efficiency and usability – are presented with a focus on the latter. Selected results from usability and learning style testing during the application of the methodology in the development of three different CAT systems in three different educational contexts (a factory, a SAP training company and an university) are presented and the results are discussed with regard to their impact on the implementation process and to the applicability of the integrated methodology as a whole.

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Grinberg M. and Hristova E. (2007). THE ROLE OF USABILITY TESTING IN AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO CAT DEPLOYMENT - Experience from the WELKOM Project . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 3: WEBIST, ISBN 978-972-8865-79-5, pages 545-548. DOI: 10.5220/0001287005450548


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@conference{webist07,
author={Maurice Grinberg and Evgenia Hristova},
title={THE ROLE OF USABILITY TESTING IN AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO CAT DEPLOYMENT - Experience from the WELKOM Project},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 3: WEBIST,},
year={2007},
pages={545-548},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001287005450548},
isbn={978-972-8865-79-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 3: WEBIST,
TI - THE ROLE OF USABILITY TESTING IN AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO CAT DEPLOYMENT - Experience from the WELKOM Project
SN - 978-972-8865-79-5
AU - Grinberg M.
AU - Hristova E.
PY - 2007
SP - 545
EP - 548
DO - 10.5220/0001287005450548