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Designing Web portals in intergenerational teams: Two prototype portals for elementary school students

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  • Andrew Large
  • Jamshid Beheshti
  • Valerie Nesset
  • Leanne Bowler

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This article describes and discusses the detailed procedures followed by two intergenerational teams comprising the researchers and a group of eight grade‐six elementary students (ages 11 to 12 years) and a group of six third‐grade elementary students (ages 8 to 9 years), respectively, in designing two prototype Web portals intended for use by elementary school students. These procedures were based on three design theories: Contextual Inquiry, Participatory Design, and Cooperative Inquiry. The article also presents and describes the two resulting Web portal prototypes and discusses the design criteria employed by the teams. Conclusions are elaborated on the basis of this research experience regarding how such a design process should be conducted in the context of an intergenerational team, and what characteristics young users expect to find in Web portals that they will use to support their informational needs in terms of elementary school projects and assignments.

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  • Andrew Large & Jamshid Beheshti & Valerie Nesset & Leanne Bowler, 2004. "Designing Web portals in intergenerational teams: Two prototype portals for elementary school students," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 55(13), pages 1140-1154, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:55:y:2004:i:13:p:1140-1154
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.20069
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    1. Jason C. Yip & Kung Jin Lee & Jin Ha Lee, 2020. "Design partnerships for participatory librarianship: A conceptual model for understanding librarians co designing With digital youth," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 71(10), pages 1242-1256, October.

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