Week of | Task/Topic | Details |
Sept 12 | Research - Create Blog - Begin Research on HCI concepts and design and evaluation strategies for educational applications. | Research Start to establish a knowledge base of HCI and usability concepts. Investigate traditional design and evaluation methods and how they may be altered to cater to an educational application |
Sept 19 | Research - Concepts in 'how people learn' - Investigate effective teaching strategies and key principles in deep learning and knowledge retention | Research - Establish a general knowledge base of effective teaching techniques in order to properly evaluate what is required (from a non-technical standpoint) for a successful tutoring software - Research existing educational software their different approaches/technologies used to educate. |
Sept 26 | Research - Continue research in advanced HCI concepts and e-learning design method. Evaluations - Conduct usability evaluation #1 on iphone/ipad app - Review changes of usability evaluation #1 | |
Oct 3 | Research - Continue research in advanced HCI concepts and e-learning design method. | - Meeting with members of the Cog2 regarding usability evaluations |
Oct 10 | Research - Continue research in advanced HCI concepts and e-learning design method. - Pulling from research, design a tentative evaluation method suitable for Cog2 | - Meeting with members of the Cog2 regarding timeline of heuristic and usability testing |
Oct 17 | Research - Continue work on evaluation methodology and schedule Evaluations - Generate guiding heuristics for round #2, heuristic evaluation | -Establish a timeline and evaluation schedule for Cog2 |
Oct 24 | Evaluations - Continue document with guiding heuristics for round #2, heuristic evaluation - Establish schedule for evaluation round #1, Cog2 | - Round #1 |
Oct 31 | Evaluations - Begin evaluation round #1 | - Delay for survey, out on 28th |
Nov 7 | Evaluations -// Complete evaluation round #1 | - Start evaluation #1 -...Compile and analyze results -...Implement Fixes |
Nov 14 | Evaluations -// Begin evaluation round #2, heuristics | |
Nov 21 | Evaluations - Complete evaluation round #2, heuristics | - Compile and analyze results - Implement Fixes |
Nov 28 | Evaluations - Begin non-technical user evaluations | |
Dec 5 | Evaluations - Complete non-technical user evaluations Report - Final Presentation | - Compile and analyze results - Implement Fixes |
Tentative Schedule
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