Using Developmental Research to Design, Develop, and Evaluate an Urban Education Portal.

Abstract

The Teacher Education Network (TEN) PT3 Catalyst Grant, in conjunction with its partner, the Urban Network to Improve Teacher Education (UNITE), created an Urban Education Portal for its members that provided interactive and personalized access to a variety of digital resources and tools. The process used to create the portal and manage the digital resources is presented, using Richey and Nelson's (1996) Type I developmental research as the conceptual framework. A general analysis of the design, development, and evaluation process is followed by the results of three rounds of usability testing by typical users. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)