The New Jersey Institute of Technology's
Electronic Theses & Dissertations Project

Title:	Characteristics of expert web site developers : creativity, construction of meaning, and problem solving/program development
Author:	O'Daniel, Nancy E.
View Online:	njit-etd1998-010 (x, 88 pages ~ 4.4 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Professional and Technical Communication
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Elliot, Norbert (Committee chair) Coppola, Nancy (Committee member) Deek, Fadi P. (Committee member)
Date:	1998-05
Keywords:	Human Information Processing Problem Solving Creativity (Literary, Artistic, etc.)
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	This thesis examines the areas that determine what characteristics produce an expert Web developer. The focus of the study is in the following three areas: creativity, construction of meaning, and problem solving. To date, no other formal study of this type has been reported. We know much about the World Wide Web itself, but nothing about the people who create the Web sites. This thesis shows that the idea of an expert Web developer is a misconception. The top-rated sites seem to have been created by a team of developers, each bringing to the group a strength in at least one of the areas mentioned above.