Usability Testing to Improve a Teaching Website for Graduate Counselor Education Students

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/2j62s5932

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	McMillen, Paula S. Pehrsson, Dale Elizabeth Lin, Shao-Chen
Abstract	Expectations for technology proficiency in counseling and counselor education have increased; nevertheless, very little information is available in the counseling literature which describes how to effectively evaluate online resources from a design and utility standpoint. This study provides a model for such assessments, employing an affordable small scale usability study to improve an educational website designed for graduate counseling students. This predominantly qualitative analysis of effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction also provided valuable quantitative evidence of what worked and what did not, allowing the designers to prioritize needed changes in the areas of content, format/graphics, and workflow of the website. This article is currently under review for the journal Counselor Education and Supervision. Keywords: website, instruction, counselor education, evaluation, technology, usability testing
Resource Type	Article
Date Available	2008-03-03T16:18:28+00:00
Date Issued	2007
Journal Title	Counselor Education & Supervision
Journal Volume	49
Journal Issue/Number	2
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Libraries
Rights Statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Language	English [eng]
File Format	application/msword
File Extent	170496 bytes
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/7952