Lessons learned on developing educational systems using a hybrid user centered methodology

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Costa, AP (Author) Other; reis, lp (Author) REIT; Loureiro, MJ (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Pages: 213-222

World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, WorldCIST 2015

1 April 2015 through 3 April 2015

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Scopus - 3 Citations

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Authenticus ID: P-00A-9DX

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16528-8_20

Abstract (EN): This paper describes the lessons learned on the development of educational applications using a Hybrid User Centered Development Methodology (HUCDM). This is a simple, iterative and incremental development process that has as building blocks the principles of User Centered Design (UCD), specified in the International Organization for Standardization 9241-210 - Ergonomics of Human -System Interaction (210: Human -centered design for interactive systems), together with practices and values from agile software development methods. The process consists of four main stages: specification/planning, design, implementation and maintenance. Prototyping and evaluation are carried out across the entire process. By developing a application in a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) we were able to learn several lessons that may be useful for other educational software developers such as the need to involve the user in the evaluation (as verifier), but also to integrate him into the team, as informant or co-designer. This improves user satisfaction in comparison to involve the user only on the evaluation phase. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific