Websites of learning support in Primary and High School in Portugal: a performance and usability...

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Websites of learning support in Primary and High School in Portugal: a performance and usability study

Ana M. Santos Univ Portucalense, Portucalense Institute for Legal Research – IJP, Oporto, Portugal [email protected]é Antonio Cordón García and Raquel Gómez Díaz University of Salamanca, Documentation Faculty, Salamanca (Spain) [email protected] and [email protected]

This study aims to evaluate the quality of educational websites focused on learning support of two degrees of education, Primary School and the High school. To develop this analysis we used a Model of Evaluation of the Quality of Educational Websites (EQEWS). This model of evaluation applied to 57 websites. The data subjected to statistical analysis. We concluded that educational websites that had better ranking with higher average values were affected by High School sites. And the creators of these resources aren’t conscience of the importance to assess their resources from heuristics evaluation, even before putting them on the Internet.

TEEM16 - Doctoral Consortium

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Websites of learning support in Primary and High School in Portugal: a performance and usability

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Research objectives/goals

1. Survey of all educational websites in Portugal that support the two levels of education;

2. Know the type of educational websites;

3. Define the requirements for selecting educational sites in Portugal;

4. Create an evaluation theoretical and methodology proposed quality educational sites;

5. Using assessment tools in qualitative and quantitative measurement study to defined evaluation criteria to measure educational websites;

6. Construction of online resources quality assessment tools, according to an objective viewpoint;

7. Construction of assessment of quality of teaching resources online tools, according to a subjective viewpoint:a) Check that the educational website is easy to learn;b) Check that the educational website is easy to use;c) Make sure the site provides satisfaction to users.

8. Establish a Good Practice Guide that helps teachers to know what requirements must have an educational website.



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Your research approach and methods:

57 websites was evaluated in the Model of Evaluation of the Quality of Educational Websites (EQEWS);

The evaluation of educational websites in Portugal will hold in two trials: Objective (evaluation of this websites) and, subjective (questionnaires to authors and creators of web and students (users of online resources).



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Your research approach and methods:

A) Quality assessment instruments in an objective viewpoint:

Data Description Sheet (FDD);

Computer applications (Validator Examinator, HERA e Web Link Validator);

Construction of a Model of Evaluation of the Quality of Educational Websites (EQEWS) adapted by Marquès Graells (2000), Carvalho (2006), Pinto Molina (2008), Olsina (2008) and Codina (2006). This approach gave rise to the Model used in this work, supported by ten criteria for assessing the quality of an online educational resource: Authority, Update, Usability, Accessibility, Communication, Graphic Design/Multimedia Quality, Content, Navigation, Speed of Access and Interaction.

B) Quality assessment tools, a subjective viewpoint :

Questionnaires targets users' to evaluate the usability and performance of online resources; Questionnaires directed to the creators and authors of online resources.

C) Resort a tool to process the data analyzed in the quality evaluation, according to an objective perspective, will be through SPSS.



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Results to date and their validity:

Through this exploratory study concluded that educational websites that had better ranking with higher average values were affected by High School sites.

This result may arise due to the intended audience be more demanding that the resources directed to the Primary School;

We note that the criteria evaluated within the two aspects (Functional and technical-aesthetic Aspects), the High School websites are the most demanding that stand out.



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Dissertation status:

We are in the analysis phase of the questionnaires to users;

The data will be inserted in SPSS Statistical Program and graphs and tables will be created to analyze the results of the questionnaires to users;

Later we will conduct an analysis of the results and their comparative studies of all data obtained through observation and registered in the Model EQEWS and through the results of questionnaires to the authors of sites and users.



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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This paper is a possible perspective for a doctoral research entitled: [websites of learning support in Primary and High School in Portugal: a performance and usability study] held at the University of Salamanca linked to the Ph.D. Knowledge Society Programme. My thanks to the directors of the thesis, Jose Antonio Cordón García, and Raquel Gómez Díaz.

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