A Framework for the Evaluation of CASE Tool Learnability in Educational Environments

Senapathi, Mali

doi:10.28945/2895

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“…The same questionnaire is applied at point A, after the course but before the hands-on learning, and at point B, after the hands-on learning. The questions have been taken from (Senapathi, 2005) where the authors are analyzing the learnability of CASE tools. They Table 6 Comparison between tests have been divided into 7 categories to separate different aspects of the tool.…”

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International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design

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Testing applications with a graphical user interface (GUI) is an important, though challenging and time consuming task. The state of the art in the industry are still capture and replay tools, which may simplify the recording and execution of input sequences, but do not support the tester in finding fault-sensitive test cases and leads to a huge overhead on maintenance of the test cases when the GUI changes. In earlier works the authors presented the TESTAR tool, an automated approach to testing applications at the GUI level whose objective is to solve part of the maintenance problem by automatically generating test cases based on a structure that is automatically derived from the GUI. In this paper they report on their experiences obtained when transferring TESTAR in three different industrial contexts with decreasing involvement of the TESTAR developers and increasing participation of the companies when deploying and using TESTAR during testing. The studies were successful in that they reached practice impact, research impact and give insight into ways to do innovation transfer and defines a possible strategy for taking automated testing tools into the market.

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“…The second framework reviewed was proposed by Senapathi and included only the learnability attributes of usability (Senapathi, 2005). Prior to the Phillips and Senapathi studies, methods and frameworks for evaluating CASE tools were mainly suitable for commercial environments (Mosley, 1992).…”

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“…A framework used to evaluate the learnability of CASE tools was designed by Senapathi based on the ISO 9241 definition of usability (Senapathi, 2005). This framework is illustrated in Figure 1.…”

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“…These context of use or contextual factors include the tasks, the learning environment, the user characteristics and the CASE tool used. Figure 1 A framework for the evaluation of CASE tool learnability (Senapathi, 2005) In an educational context, all the activities and assessments that require the use of a CASE tool are recognised as tasks (Senapathi, 2005). Senapathi's framework recognises the significance of the learning environment in the learnability evaluation of CASE tools in educational environments (Senapathi, 2005).…”

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“…This includes the learning methodologies, teaching methods and resources used. CASE tools should be learnable in a short timeframe and support a wide range of different learner characteristics due to the time constraints of students (Senapathi, 2005). Senapathi's study explored the effects of five user characteristics on learnability.…”

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