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- Title
The Community College Website as Virtual Advisor: A Usability Study.
- Authors
Margolin, Jonathan; Miller, Shazia Rafiullah; Rosenbaum, James E.
- Abstract
This study explored whether community college websites are a useful medium for providing knowledge relevant to degree completion. Ten community students used one of three community college websites to answer 10 questions about occupational degree programs. A facilitator asked participants to think aloud while using the website to answer these questions; their responses were video-recorded and coded in terms of correctness of answers and types of usability problems encountered. The findings suggest that participants frequently encountered problems with finding and understanding information needed to understand degree selection and completion. The content analysis of these problems yields several suggestions for improving the usability of community college websites for answering common questions about degree completion.
- Subjects
COMMUNITY college digital resources; COMMUNITY &; college; WEBSITES; CONTENT analysis; QUALITATIVE research
- Publication
Community College Review, 2013, Vol 41, Issue 1, p44
- ISSN
0091-5521
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0091552112471844