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Quality of Information: A review of all the teaching material available in the
chair was made as well as update and adaptation with multimedia support.
Theoretical elements, resolved and proposed practices were arranged.
Communication channels were opened between teachers and students. The
items considered in this variable were: distribution of the classes,
understanding of theoretical contents, interpretation of practical slogans and
interpretation of the postulated solutions.
Design: A page with a high contrast design, large fonts, fixed menu bars,
sections associated with units of the study program was made. The icons that
present the downloadable material are indicative of the type of file and its
format, so that the user knows what software they will need for viewing. The
items considered were: structural design (colors, funds and sources) and
location and understanding of menus.
In order to evaluate the quality of the development site, its efficiency was
studied in terms of the use that the students made of it.
The concept of use is an attribute of quality that measures the ease with
which the user uses the interface, because the first capacity of the system must
be to respect the physical and psychological processes of the person who
interacts with it.
There are two general methodologies to study the use of an educational
web site. These are the expert analysis and the tests with the users (students).
In addition to the Wix website, the chair of Biostatistics has a virtual campus
site where the daily information on the chair is presented, PowerPoint of the
theoretical classes, applications on veterinary medical practices, resolved
problems and a space to interact with the students among them, classes of
virtual consultations.
The website is https://fveter.unr.edu.ar/
3. Results
In the case of the study of the use of the web site developed by the Chair
of Biostatistics, it was decided to use the tests with the users, since this
instrument is intended to sustain and improve the learning process.
The students’ tests were made for the construction of a checklist based on
the evaluation criteria that was used as the basis for the development of the
page.
A total of 10 aforementioned analysis factors was postulated, which were
turned into a questionnaire that was voluntarily completed by the students.
Each of these factors was evaluated using a Likert scale of 4 levels (Very
Good, Good, Fair, and Poor, although for simplicity of presentation of results
were summarized in 2 categories: Positive (Very Good and Good) and Negative
(Regular and Bad).
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