| Session Title: Add Usability Testing to Your Evaluation Toolbox |
| Demonstration Session 870 to be held in Coronado on Saturday, Nov 5, 9:50 AM to 11:20 AM |
| Sponsored by the Distance Ed. & Other Educational Technologies TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Christine Paulsen, Concord Evaluation Group, cpaulsen@concordevaluation.com |
| Abstract: Many of the programs and initiatives that we evaluate today are technology-based. It is not uncommon for initiatives to provide information to their target audiences via websites, while other interventions are delivered with software applications to mobile, handheld or other devices. To properly evaluate such initiatives, the evaluator must consider the usability (user-friendliness and accessibility) of the technology components. This demonstration will provide participants with an overview of the most common usability method--the one-on-one usability session, including the think aloud procedure. Participants will learn how to develop a usability testing script, how to recruit participants, how to run a usability session, how to analyze the data. Video examples of actual testing sessions will be included. |