Perceptions Of Special Education Doctoral Websites: A Multiyear Investigation Of Website Usability And Navigability

Abstract

Today's graduate students are highly skilled in using technology, so university websites are often the most influential resource students access for gathering information about university programs. Graduate students in special education reviewed select university and special education doctoral program websites across the United States. An instrument was administered four times (i.e., 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2014) to evaluate usability and navigability. The findings suggest that university websites and special education doctoral webpages consistently do not meet the usability and navigability needs of students who visit them in their quest for information. Since the current study investigated the ease and intuitiveness of locating program information, the findings have potential for extrapolation to other program units within university websites. (Keywords: doctoral, Internet, navigation, special education, usability, webpage, website)

Publication Date

10-2-2015

Publication Title

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volume

47

Issue

4

Number of Pages

273-293

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2015.1052658

Socpus ID

84975292942 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84975292942

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