Improvement of a computer-based surveyor-training tool using a user-centered approach

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-92

  Lu, Cho Chien ^a   Kang, Shih Chung ^a   Hsieh, Shang Hsien ^a   Shiu, Ruei Shiue ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer aided instruction; Engineering education; Iterative and incremental development; Software engineering; Surveyor training; User centered design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS; SURVEYING;

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; ITERATIVE AND INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS; PROTOTYPING; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SURVEYOR-TRAINING; TRAINING TOOLS; USABILITY TESTS; USER GROUPS; USER-CENTERED; USER-CENTERED DESIGN; USER-CENTERED DESIGNS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 57549092518     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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