Usability Study of a Distance Continuing Education Website for Human Service Professionals

ABSTRACT

A usability test of a distance continuing education website for human service professionals is discussed. The website's purpose was to help meet the continuing education needs of human service professionals in a largely rural Midwestern state. The purpose of the usability evaluation was to assess the website's ease of use, efficiency, and user satisfaction in a representative sample of human service professionals. Users completed eleven basic search tasks with the site and report their impressions of the information presented. In addition, performance data including success, time on task, and efficiency were gathered. Implications of user satisfaction and performance data highlight the importance of stakeholder's involvement in the early stages of website design.     

论电子网络证据的证据价值

分析电子网络证据的证据价值应当以其特点为基础 ,并从可采性与关联性为两个立足点入手。其可采性要求电子网络证据最终应被赋予独立的诉讼证据法律地位 ;其关联性则需要在合法性的基础上从传闻证据规则和最佳证据规则两方面规制电子网络证据的证据能力 ,并就信息内容的确定性和信息记录与传输的可靠性两方面通过网络系统展示来规制其证明力     

Empowering Patients Through Access to Information

The United States federal government is in the midst of an e- government revolution characterized by a shift from paper-based citizen-government interactions to electronic-based interactions. Driven by the demands of citizens and supported by the President and Congress, federal departments are redesigning the look and feel of their Internet presences, moving away from traditional bureaucracy- centred presentation of information to more usable citizen-centred presentations. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the USA's principal federal agency tasked with protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, has undertaken a massive reorganization of its e-health enterprise. The most publicly visible component of this reorganization is the hhs.gov portal website. This desperately needed portal - usability testing indicated that more than 60 per cent of visitors to the Department's original website failed to find the information they sought - provides easy access to the wealth of HHS information and links its diverse operating agencies. The new HHS portal simplifies citizen access to the Department by: decompartmentalizing information by removing content from bureaucratic silos² and rearranging it in a natural navigation scheme; tuning content and navigation features to ensure that all users have access to information tailored for them; presenting content in appropriate and citizen-preferred formats; and complying with federal accessibility regulations for blind and vision-impaired users. This paper presents a series of lessons learned during the development of the HHS portal, and results of usability testing to determine what common design features present accessibility problems particular to the blind and vision-impaired communities. These discussions of practical avenues to improving the accessibility and usability of e-health websites through appropriate and effective information designs are followed by our thoughts on the future of Internet architectures and the limitations of 'layering' technologies when striving for universal accessibility.     

基于图上随机游动的 Web 页面布局可用性评价

针对Web页面布局可用性设计中缺乏实用的定量评价模型和方法的问题,根据扫描路径理论,使用视线跟踪法将网络用户在 Web 页面上的浏览行为模型化为注视点在赋权有限图上的随机游动,据此提出新颖实用的基于图上随机游动模型的Web页面布局可用性评价方法 (WLUE-RWG) ,并以淘宝商城和阿里巴巴的商品展示页面为例对其使用过程与效果进行验证,说明模型的可行性与方法的有效性．     

Use and Usability of Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly: An Observation Study in Gothenburg Sweden

To meet the demographic development, measures were initiated by the Swedish government entailing changed conditions for municipal eldercare, such as assisted living. Participant observation is used to study the daily use of common spaces in 14 assisted living units in Gothenburg. The results show examples where the current use diverges from the intended use and suggest diverging objectives and conflicts of use. The observations indicate that the degree of usability is determined by the physical environment itself in some cases, by the users and by changes in use in other cases, and by a combination of both in some cases.     

Development and Evaluation of an Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Program for Anxiety: Phase I Iterative Design

This exploratory, nonclinical study evaluated the user experience of an online acceptance and commitment therapy program for anxiety. Forty young Australian adults aged between 18 to 25 years old completed the online program over 2 weeks. System usability and perceived helpfulness were evaluated at posttest. Self-rated levels of anxiety, depression, stress, and psychological flexibility were measured at pretest, posttest, and 2-week follow up. System usability was rated above average and significant improvements were found on all mental health measures from pretest to follow-up, except for stress. These results warrant further scrutiny in a clinical randomized controlled trial on the intervention.     

高职毕业综合课题环节选题探索

毕业综合课题环节是高职教育的一个重要组成部分,是高职应用性技术人才培养的关键实践环节。因此,抓好毕业综合课题环节工作是非常重要的。而正确合理的选题将是毕业综合课题环节顺利进行的首要条件。基于此,本文着重讨论了有关毕业综合课题环节的选题原则、类型及应解决的问题。     

The impact of language and culture on perceived website usability

Online retailers offering their products across national and cultural borders are eager to enhance the usability of their websites to attract large numbers of visitors. The results of the present research show that the perceived usability increases when the website was originally conceived in the native language of the user. Thus, translation, even though of excellent quality, creates a cultural distance which impacts on the web users’ evaluation of the site. Conversely, where language is less important, such as in the evaluation of the quality of an offer, a consumer's native language has no impact on the buying decision.     

面向工业应用的可穿戴计算技术

工业应用是可穿戴计算技术研究的一个热点问题。该文总结了可穿戴计算技术在各种典型的工业领域中的研究现状,对影响可穿戴计算技术在工业领域推广应用的关键问题,包括可穿戴性和可用性、可穿戴人机交互以及软件体系结构和支撑模式等进行了探讨和分析,最后介绍了面向可穿戴计算工业应用的创新车间信息环境模式——知晓车间,以及可穿戴现场作业辅助系统。     

钢琴即兴伴奏特征初探

钢琴即兴伴奏是集技巧性、实用性、创新性和艺术性为一体的一门综合艺术,它要求演奏者必须将钢琴演奏技巧、键盘和声手法和作曲理沦知识三者结合起来,才能熟练地动用音乐语言来传情达意,奏出流光溢彩的优美旋律,使钢琴演奏的艺术之花更加芬芳动人.