Supporting materials for thesis

November 5, 2007

Why this particular topic?

in random order;

- author is working in the CET (TLU), which is developing IVA from the very beginning
- IVA needs some refreshing in the era of web 2.0
- outdated visual design

What is included and excluded?

in:

- Sketching out a site design and architecture at an abstract level.
- Conducting a task analysis to find critical features. (link)
- following the user-centered design model, participatory design
- (paper) prototyping
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ex:

Previous projects?

IVA (2002)

Literature on the topic?

Laanpere, M., Kippar, J., Põldoja, H. (2003). Kodumaine õpihaldussüsteem IVA: pedagoogiline ja tehniline kontseptsioon. Article in A&A no. 1, 2003

Põldoja, H. (2003). Veebipõhise õpihaldussüsteemi kasutajaliidese disain. MA thesis, TLU, Tallinn

Põldoja, H. (2003). Learning Management System IVA. e-Learning in Science and Environmental Education conference extended abstract. Tartu, Estonia. October 1-4, 2003.

Attwell, G. (2007). Personal learning environments - the future of elearning? eLearning Papers, 2(1).

Literature on the method?

Brinck, T., Gergle, D., Wood, S. D (2002). Usability for the web: designing web sites that work. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.

Snyder, C. (2003). Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.

Rettig, M. (1994). Prototyping for tiny fingers. Commun. ACM, 37(4):21-27.

Garrett, J. J. (2002). The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web. New Riders Press.

Preece, J., Rogers, Y., Sharp, H., Benyon, D., Holland, S., and Carey, T. (1994). Human-Computer Interaction: Concepts And Design (ICS). Addison Wesley.

Kensing, F. and Blomberg, J. (1998). Participatory design: Issues and concerns. Comput. Supported Coop. Work, 7(3-4):167-185.

The novelty of your work with respect to the existing works near the topic?