Case Study webQDA: Hybrid User Centred Development Methodology
| Summary: | You can get a short overview of using webQDA. The software was used during a PhD thesis in the area of Multimedia in Education | ||||||||||||
| Description: | In the current educational software development scenario it is important
that development processes are appropriate and consistent with the context
in which such resources are used. This study proposes the Hybrid User
Centred Development Methodology (HUCDM). This methodology is a
simple, iterative and incremental development process. The methodology is
based on structured disciplined development processes, and on principles of
User Centred Design (UCD) processes.
The work followed a research & development methodology of a mixed nature, where it was intended to describe and analyse/evaluate the development methodology for educational software, the process itself and the final product. The study is primarily descriptive and exploratory in nature. As data collection techniques two questionnaire surveys were used together with direct participant observation (mediated by Moodle). Descriptive statistical analysis and content analysis were used as data analysis techniques. The development process analysis aimed to understand the strengths and weaknesses of Hybrid User Centred Development Methodology, through interactions (with forums) of the multidisciplinary team members. The results achieved suggest that the developed resource has technical and didactic quality. Concerning the Hybrid User Centred Development Methodology analysis, improvements with user involvement and new methods were proposed | ||||||||||||
| Further details: | https://www.sosciso.de/de/software/datenanalyse/qualitativ/?wcteid=195 | ||||||||||||
| Used for: | PhD thesist | ||||||||||||
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| Advantages: | Collaborative work with others researchers Usability Cloud Computing | ||||||||||||
| Disadvantages: | Absence of the feature of concept map printing |
The webQDA case study was written by António Pedro Costa (Education faculty, Aveiro University, Portugal) who is doing a PhD in education and multimedia.
Tags: Qualitative Data Analysis, webQDA
