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Usability is one of the most relevant attribute when evaluating a software product, application or a website, as it is important to analyze how the interaction design facilitates or hinders the user to achieve an objective in concrete. Moreover, the user experience expresses its positive or negative perception of a particular application through a set of factors and elements relating to user interaction. The paper presents a set of heuristics to detect usability problems in u-Learning applications. It also proposes a set of design recommendations focused on the user experience.
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Sanz, F. et al. (2016). A Set of Usability Heuristics and Design Recommendations for u-Learning Applications. In: Latifi, S. (eds) Information Technology: New Generations. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 448. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32467-8_85
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