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The process of usability evaluation demands the use of several techniques in order to facilitate acquisition of differentiated and expressive data regarding efficiency, easiness in using and interface learning. In some particular types of interface, as in the case of educational software, the process also requests the participation not only of interface experts, but also expert evaluators in the domain of the knowledge involved in the project. This article presents the results of an experiment involving teachers and interface experts, as heuristics evaluators of an educational software.
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de Almeida Valiati, E.R., Levacov, M., Valdeni de Lima, J., Soares Pimenta, M. (2001). Using teachers as heuristics evaluators of educational software interfaces. In: Ortega, M., Bravo, J. (eds) Computers and Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47533-2_10
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