During October 27-31, 2009, IE faculty Prof. Joi Moore, visiting scholar Prof. Xiaoqing Gu and research assistants Weichao Chen and Camille Dickson-Deane attended 2009 AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) International Convention. The convention took place at Louisville, Kentucky. The main theme this year is “Integrative Approaches: Meeting Challenges”. The conversion provided IE lab members great opportunities to engage in interdisciplinary discussions with researchers and practitioners from all over the world. Three presentations related to usability evaluation were made by the IE lab members. Topics covered included respectively usability evaluation of online courses, training of usability evaluators, and instructional design of usability evaluation training.
IE Lab Research Assistant, Xin Wang, Lab Coordinator, Neeley Current and University of Missouri Registrar, Brenda Selman presented findings at the 2009 Missouri Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admission Officers Conference (MACRAO) at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. The presentation, “Focus on the End User: What do your “customers” really want?” examined end-user reactions to the new student information system at the University of Missouri. This usability study examining the myZou student information system was performed by the IE Lab in early 2009. The presentation highlighted the process, findings and next steps. It also focused on how the MU Registrar will use the usability results to enhance the campus community’s experience with the system.
In August 2009, the Information Experience Lab presented the results from a heuristic analysis conducted for Community Issues Management. The goal of CIM is to aid community programs and organizations across the country by providing a library of information and datasets that can be manipulated through a suite of geographical information system (GIS) tools. The tools allow users to manipulate and combine datasets to reveal new trends that can help guide the decision making of organizations.
The evaluation of these tools by the IE Lab involved a heuristic walkthrough whereby three reviewers analyzed the site individually aided by a detailed heuristic checklist. Because very little research has been conducted about GIS heuristic analysis, the team conducted a literature review to develop a heuristic checklist specialized for the purposes of usability analysis for these unique GIS systems. The team later reconvened and discussed the issues and opportunities for further site development. The Information Experience lab researched involved with the project includes Andrew Tawfik, Anindita Paul, Xin Wang, and Jiazhen Wang.
MOBIUS to make changes to website based upon IE Lab usability results. more...
The IE Lab global partnership will reach Mongolia soon with the signing of the Memorandum Of Understanding between the IE Lab and the Mongolian e-Knowledge Campus. more...
IE Lab researchers attended the Missouri Regional HighEdWeb Conference 2009 more...
IE Lab staff conducted usability training for Dr. Gail Fitzgerald's research team. more...
The IE Lab team attended the 2009 MOBIUS Conference June 2-4, 2009; usability data collected, presentation given more...
The IE Lab successfully completed a usability evaluation of the University of Missouri’s Human Resource Services (HRS) website in coordination with MU Web Communication Office. more...
The IE Lab organized a training workshop on usability for the six visitors from the Thailand Prince of Songkla University on April 9-10, 2009. more...
