R. Castañeda1, F. Gamboa2, J. L. Pérez, L. Salas, C. Terrazas, L. Eslaba & A. Miranda
Center of Applied Science and Technological Development, UNAM, Apdo. Postal 70-186, México, D.F. México. 1casr@aleph.cinstrum.unam.mx, 2gfer@aleph.cinstrum.unam.mx
Received: October 10th 2001.
Accepted: December 3th 2002.
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Nowadays sophisticated authoring tools allow developers to design and develop sophisticated web sites, in a fraction of the time that was required a few years ago. These tools have also allowed non-experienced users to create their own web pages, contributing in that sense to the expansion of the Internet. Nevertheless, while most of these sites are technically correct (links work fine), they too often result to be very difficult, and sometimes impossible, to be used. Our position is that the use of development tools is not sufficient. The development of web sites, as any other software requires of a methodology that maximizes the chances of the project success. In this paper we present a user-centered methodology employed in the development of a web site that will help physics professors of high school to communicate among them, and to share their experiences. The characteristics of the methodology and its different stages are detailed in this paper and the final product is presented as well as future works.
Keywords: Virtual communities, user analysis.
Resumen
Actualmente, sofisticadas herramientas de autoría permiten a los equipos de desarrollo diseñar, implementar y probar sitios web sofisticados, en tan solo un fragmento del tiempo que se requería hasta hace unos años. Estas herramientas también han permitido a los usuarios no experimentados crear sus propias páginas web, siendo en ese sentido, parcialmente responsables de la asombrosa expansión que Internet ha mostrado en los últimos años. No obstante, mientras que la mayoría de estos sitios son técnicamente correctos (las ligas trabajan bien), a menudo están organizados de tal manera que son demasiado difíciles (en ocasiones imposible) de ser usados. Nuestra posición es que las herramientas de desarrollo no son suficientes: el desarrollo de sitios web, como el de cualquier otro tipo de software, requiere de una metodología que maximice las oportunidades de éxito del proyecto. En este artículo presentamos un sitio web que deberá permitir que los maestros de físicas de nivel preparatoria se comuniquen entre ellos, y compartan sus experiencias. Se detalla el método seguido durante su desarrollo, el producto final, así como los trabajos futuros.
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