What Makes a Good Website
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Technical Considerations
Peter Roden
Associate Director of Technology
Center for Financial Literacy at Boston College
FLRC Conference
Washington, DC
November 18, 2010
Web Learning = Visual Design +User Experience
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Compelling
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Trusted Website
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Available
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Reliable
Responsive
Accurate
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Security
• Confidentiality: Protects from unauthorized disclosure.
• Integrity: Secures information in transit.
• Authentication: Validates transmissions, messages, hosts.
• Authorization: Restricts access to confidential data.
• Non-repudiation:
Non repudiation: Requires a log of all activity
activity.
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Scale
“If
If one woman can produce a baby in nine months,
months then nine
women should be able to produce a baby in one month.”
Source: Fred Brooks, “The Mythical Man Month.”
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Need for Architecture
Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, CA
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Possible Financial Literacy Architecture
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Lego Block Architecture
1. Define the interfaces between the blocks.
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3. Rapidly assemble components into products.
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A Good Financial Literacy Website
Compelling
Scalable
Modular
Trusted
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Secure
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