Assessing Usability of Mobile Applications Developed for Autistic Users through Heuristic and Semiotic Evaluation

Suha, Sayma Alam; Islam, Muhammad Nazrul; Akter, Shammi; Bhowmick, Milton Chandro; Halder, Rathin

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-0332-8_3

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“…However, this research will be beneficial for future researchers on cervical cancer with respect to design and develop a usable and intelligent system. Again, since mobile health application is an integral part of treatment, [42][43][44] mobile application developed for the treatment of cancer patients may bring the doctors, nurses, and patients at a single platform at the same time, which will be a blessing for all of them. As such, such applications should be easily accessible and usable to the all focused users (doctors, nurses, and patients) so that they can use the applications without any hassle but effectively, efficiently and with satisfaction.…”

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Exploring usability problems of mHealth applications developed for cervical cancer: An empirical study

Razzak,

Islam,

Broti

et al. 2023

SAGE Open Medicine

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Objectives: Nowadays, mobile health applications are developed to raise awareness and facilitate screening and treatment of cervical cancer, while a very few studies have been conducted focusing on the measurement and assurance of usability and exploring the acceptable user experience of such applications. Usability issues become a crucial concern for such cervical-cancer-related applications because users with diverse backgrounds in terms of education, information technology literacy, and geographic reasons are required to access those applications. The objective of this research is to evaluate the usability of mobile health applications developed for cervical cancer patients. Methods: Two evaluation studies were conducted following the expert evaluation and a questionnaire-based user study. A total of four cervical-cancer-related applications that are focusing on the Awareness and Diagnosis theme were selected and each of the applications was evaluated by four usability experts. Then, a user study ( n = 80) based on the Goal Question Metric was conducted to reveal the usability problems of four selected applications. Finally, findings of both evaluations were aggregated and analyzed. Results: Both approaches showed that all applications suffer from several usability problems while “Cervical Cancer Guide” performs better and “Cervical Cancer Tracker” showed the least in performance from the usability perspective. Again, the Goal Question Metric performs noticeably better in assessing the learnability of the applications, while the analytical heuristic evaluation performs better in identifying the issues that cause user annoyance. Conclusion: The methodology adopted and the usability problems revealed through this study can be well utilized by the information technology professionals or user interface designers for designing, evaluating, and developing the cervical-cancer-related applications with enhanced usability and user experience.

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Exploring usability problems of mHealth applications developed for cervical cancer: An empirical study

Razzak,

Islam,

Broti

et al. 2023

SAGE Open Medicine

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“…In the last 10 years, searches for research articles that mention the keywords "object semiotic", "autistic students" and "media" get research information about semiotic perspectives on mobile applications and technology used by autistic students (Alper, 2018;Hoxha, 2016;Suha et al, 2022). Semiotic analysis of concrete media used by autistic students in elementary schools is still limited to making paper prototypes for autistic students using semiotic research methods (Braz et al, 2014).…”

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“…This is because semiotics is used to explain the relationship or function between expressions/markers and the meaning determined by the subject (person or institution) according to certain criteria (Juan D Godino et al, 2017;Shapiro, 2014). So far, the terms semiotic and autistic have been listed in semiotic perspective research on mobile applications and technology used by autistic students (Alper, 2018;Hoxha, 2016;Suha et al, 2022). In the last 10 years, there has been no semiotic analysis of concrete media used by autistic students in elementary schools.…”

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Bead Maze Media Semiotics Objects: A Study of Mathematics Teaching for Autism Students in Elementary School

Putriana Wati,

Dyah Worowirastri Ekowati,

Nusantara

et al. 2023

j. ilm. sekol. Dasar

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Mathematics learning for autistic students needs to be done concretely and interestingly. If this is implemented, it is hoped that autistic students will be able to understand and even use mathematics in everyday life. This study aimed to analyze semiotic objects in the bead maze media for learning mathematics for autistic students in elementary schools. The research was conducted in a descriptive qualitative manner. Methods of data collection through observation, documentation, and interviews with elementary school mathematics teachers and assistants for autistic students. Observations were made by observing the bead maze adaptive media. Objects that can be observed are the beads in it, such as different shapes and colors. Interviews were conducted with one third-grade autistic student, an elementary school math teacher, and an assistant teacher. Data obtained from observation, documentation, and interviews were then analyzed using triangulation. The triangulation methodology is carried out by comparing the information obtained from observation, documentation, and interviews. The study results found that six primary semiotic objects, namely language, problem situations, concepts, procedures, properties, and arguments, have been identified based on basic mathematical concepts (numbers, algebra, geometry, measurement) being studied in the third grade. Each semiotic object in bead maze media can potentially increase students' mathematical activities, which are contextual, interesting, and meaningful for autistic students in elementary schools.

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Towards Designing Intuitive Mobile UIs Considering Tapping Behaviour of Elderly Users

Reza¹,

Aadeeb²,

Saleh³

et al. 2022

Springer Series in Design and Innovation

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Assessing Usability of Mobile Applications Developed for Autistic Users through Heuristic and Semiotic Evaluation

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

Exploring usability problems of mHealth applications developed for cervical cancer: An empirical study

Exploring usability problems of mHealth applications developed for cervical cancer: An empirical study

Bead Maze Media Semiotics Objects: A Study of Mathematics Teaching for Autism Students in Elementary School

Towards Designing Intuitive Mobile UIs Considering Tapping Behaviour of Elderly Users

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