Evaluation of a higher education self-learning interface.

Bennadji, A.; Bellakhal, A.

Abstract

This paper expands on the subject of an earlier paper, previously published in ASCAAD 2004 (A. Bennadji et al. 2005). The older paper presented CASD ("Computer-Aided Sustainable Design"), a self-learning educational interface. CASD assists various agents in their design of buildings, with particular emphasis on the aspect of saving energy. This new paper, presented at ASCAAD 2006, instead focuses on the importance of software evaluation and how to improve human-computer interaction through testing. The paper describes a summative evaluation of CASD and presents the outcomes of this evaluation. It also addresses the challenge that faces all software developers, namely the issue of how to make an interface that is accessible to all users. In this particular case, students in higher education are singled out as a particular user demographic.

Citation

BENNADJI, A. and BELAKEHAL, A. 2006. Evaluation of a higher education self-learning interface. In Al-Qawasmi, J. and Mallasi, Z. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd International conference of the Arab Society for Computer-Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD 2006): computing in architecture: re-thinking the discourse, 25-27 April 2006, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Sharjah: ASCAAD [online], pages 408-421. Available from: http://www.ascaad.org/conference/2006/proceedings.php

• Conference Name: 2nd International conference of the Arab Society for Computer-Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD 2006): computing in architecture: re-thinking the discourse
• Conference Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
• Start Date: Apr 25, 2006
• End Date: Apr 27, 2006
• Acceptance Date: Dec 15, 2005
• Online Publication Date: Apr 27, 2006
• Publication Date: Apr 27, 2006
• Deposit Date: Dec 18, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 18, 2020
• Publisher: ASCAAD Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design
• Pages: 408-421
• ISBN: 9948427033
• Keywords: Computer-aided architectural design (CAAD); Architecture students; Human-computer interaction; Software evaluation
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/910850
• Publisher URL: http://www.ascaad.org/conference/2006/proceedings.php