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There are a number of excellent sources, both in print and online, that cover Web Usability (as well as usability in general). A recommended list follows, but as the Internet is constantly evolving and an incredible number of new sites are appearing every day, not to mention a few books about them, this list cannot be comprehensive. It is suggested that the reader search the web using whatever search engine meets your fancy, for terms such as "web usability", "educational technology" etc.; as well as search the online booksellers for the same. I've also included a number of links regarding educational technology in general.
http://www.sensible.com/index.html Steve Krug's Web Site *highly recommended*
http://www.useit.com/ Jakob Nielsen's Web Site *highly recommended*
http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp Bobby is a comprehensive web accessibility software tool designed to help expose and repair barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines. *highly recommended*
http://www.uie.com/ User Interface Engineering
http://id2.usu.edu/5Star/Index.htm Does your instruction rate 5 stars?
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/dn/html/toc.htm A NATION ONLINE: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use Of The Internet
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ National Telecommunications and Information Administration (main site that A NATION ONLINE is under)
http://search.dogpile.com/texis/search?q=qualitative+research+in+educational+technology&geo=no&fs=web
this link is from a search I did some time ago, and still is valid as of March
2003.
http://www.bookstoread.com/etp/default.htm Educational Technology Publications Company
http://www.nngroup.com/reports/kids/ Usability of Websites for Children: 70 design guidelines based on usability studies with kids
http://www.algonquinc.on.ca/edtech/index.html Using Technology in Education
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html Matrix of Web Quest examples (Bernie Dodge at San Diego State Univ.)
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/index.html Main page the above matrix is under
http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/MBergey/index.htm "Forest Forever" Web Quest used for the Mini Usability Study in this site
http://education.indiana.edu/design.html Web Design Resources
http://www.theconferencecalendar.com/ T.H.E Journal Educational Technology Conferences *excellent Ed. Tech. Conference search engine, national and international*
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/ U.S. Dept. of Education Office of Educational Technology
http://www.fno.org/ From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal *highly recommended*
http://www.iste.org/ International Society for Technology in Education
http://www.nyscate.org/ New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/technology/ NYS Education Department/Office of Technology Policy
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, by Steve Krug. New Riders Publishing 2000 (available through Krug's website above)
Designing Web Usability, by Jakob Nielsen. New Riders Publishing 2000
Web Site Usability: A Designers Guide, by Jared M. Spool, et. al. Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 1999
An Introduction to Usability, by Patrick W. Jordan. Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1998
How to Do Everything with FrontPage 2000, by David Plotkin. Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2000