Usability study of a distance continuing education website for human service professionals

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 23-39

  Levine, Joanne ^a   Chaparro, Barbara S ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance continuing education; Human services website; Website design; Website usability; Website usability testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148831241     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: 15228991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J017v25n04_02     Document Type: Article

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