Second Workshop on Empirical Evaluation of Adaptive Systems

in conjunction with UM2003

Magoulas, G. D., Chen, S. Y. and Papanikolaou, K. A. (2003). Integrating Layered and Heuristic Evaluation for Adaptive Learning Environments. In: Weibelzahl, S. and Paramythis, A. (eds.). Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Empirical Evaluation of Adaptive Systems, held at the 9th International Conference on User Modeling UM2003, Pittsburgh.

In this paper we argue about the need to develop an educational-evaluation model and a methodology that include usability testing as standard procedure capable to determine the impact of adaptation on learners’ behavior in an educational environment. To this end, heuristic evaluation is modified and criteria that diagnose potential usability problems related to adaptation are introduced and then integrated into the layered evaluation framework.