Tale of two studies: Challenges in field research with low-literacy adult learners in a developed country

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 489-504

  Munteanu, Cosmin ^a   Molyneaux, Heather ^a   Maitland, Julie ^a   McDonald, Daniel ^a   Leung, Rock ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

assistive technology; educational interfaces; evaluation methodology; interface design; mobile computing; mobile learning; user studies

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; INTERFACE DESIGNS; MOBILE LEARNING; USER STUDY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MOBILE COMPUTING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84862644852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2212776.2212825     Document Type: Conference Paper

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