A Literature Survey: Towards a framework for evaluating quality in academic websites
A quality academic website evaluation framework can be a powerful instrument for educational institution managers when determining the quality of their academic websites Instead of leaving the all job of determining the quality of academic websites to web administrators. The availability of a quality evaluation framework for determining quality of academic websites can be a great tool to assist institutional managers to continuously monitor the quality of academic websites which remain to be the gateway of information to the various stakeholders. In this paper we survey the development of a website evaluation framework for academic websites that can be subjectively used to assign weights to each quality characteristic of an academic website in order to determine its Quality index. Quality can only be improved through a well-established quality evaluation framework yet the numbers of web quality models that can be used right away to evaluate quality in academic websites are limited. Therefore the degree of quality of service delivered and user satisfaction is a major concern for any learning institution.Quality frameworks inclined to academic institutions provide a solution to such cases of evaluation of academic websites to its managers. In this research we survey academic website evaluation frameworks as a lasting solution of detemining quality of academic websites which are deemed as a popular means for sharing information and for communication .
Keywords: Quality Evaluation Frameworks, Academic websites.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
James Kiprop Kosgey
James Kosgey is a Master of Science in Computer Systems student at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. His current research interests are in Web Frameworks and is currently doing a research titled ‘A Website evaluation framework for determining Quality in academic Websites’
Agnes Mindila
Dr. Agnes Mindila is a lecturer at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. She Holds a PHD in Information communication technology from the same institution and a Masters Degree in Information Technology Management in Information Technology Management from University of Sunderland, UK.
Otieno Calvins
Dr Calvins Otieno is a lecturer at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). He holds a PHD in information Technology and a Msc. in software Engineering.
James Kiprop Kosgey
James Kosgey is a Master of Science in Computer Systems student at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. His current research interests are in Web Frameworks and is currently doing a research titled ‘A Website evaluation framework for determining Quality in academic Websites’
Agnes Mindila
Dr. Agnes Mindila is a lecturer at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. She Holds a PHD in Information communication technology from the same institution and a Masters Degree in Information Technology Management in Information Technology Management from University of Sunderland, UK.
Otieno Calvins
Dr Calvins Otieno is a lecturer at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). He holds a PHD in information Technology and a Msc. in software Engineering.
