Open AccessThe websites of primary and secondary schools in Portugal: an evaluation proposal
Author(s) -
Ana Maria Ribeiro dos Santos,
José Antonio Cordón García,
Raquel Gómez-Díaz
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
education in the knowledge society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2444-8729
DOI - 10.14201/eks20171833758
Subject(s) - likert scale , usability , quality (philosophy) , computer science , secondary education , scale (ratio) , multimedia , mathematics education , world wide web , psychology , human–computer interaction , developmental psychology , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics
This article proposes an evaluation the quality in educational websites of two degrees of education, Primary School and the High school. To stablish this analysis was used a Model of Evaluation of the Quality of Educational Websites (EQEWS) divided into Functional Aspects, with five criteria: authority, update, usability, accessibility and communication; and Technical-Aesthetic Aspects, with five principles: graphic design and multimedia quality, content, navigation, speed of access and interaction. This propose model of evaluation applied to 57 websites, according to the Likert scale of 0 to 4. We conclude that Secondary School web sites achieved better results in most of the evaluated criteria, it is verified that the authors of these resources are entirely identified with the needs and with the requirement that this degree of education requires the students, with levels of focused on achieving excellent results for university entrance.