Application of Personas in User Interface Design for Educational Software

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 42, Issue , 2005, Pages 239-247

  Dantin, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

E learning; Educational software; Persona; User interface design

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CLIMATE; BUSINESS LOGIC; COST PRESSURES; DESIGN PHASE; EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE; END USERS; GOAL-DIRECTED DESIGN; PERSONA; SMALL SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; UI DESIGNS; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS;

DESIGN; E-LEARNING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER INTERFACES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84873517275     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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