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ERIC Number: EJ503600
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-1043-1055
Usability and Children's Software: A User-Centered Design Methodology.
Robertson, Jenifer Wals
Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, v5 n3-4 p257-71 1994
Addresses usability issues pertaining to the purpose of educational software, followed by suggestions for ways in which educational software can meet the language, physical, social, and cognitive needs of children. Guidelines and recommendations are provided for adapting usability engineering and testing procedures to educational software to create a quasi-user-centered design approach for educational software development. (AA)
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Educational Equipment, Educational Technology, Instructional Innovation, Multimedia Instruction, Programmed Instructional Materials, Student Needs
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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