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The Realities of Evaluating Educational Technology in School Settings
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Ahmed Kharrufa ,
Susan Lechelt ,
Rebecca Nicholson ,
Kate Howland ,
Abrar Almjally ,
Anthony Trory ,
Vidya Sarangapani
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 1 - 33
Swansea University Author:
Megan Venn-Wycherley
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DOI (Published version): 10.1145/3635146
Abstract
HCI researchers are increasingly interested in the evaluation of educational technologies in context, yet acknowledge that challenges remain regarding the logistical, material and methodological constraints of this approach to research [18, 53].Through the analysis of the authors’ contributed themat...
| Published in: | ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction |
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| ISSN: | 1073-0516 1557-7325 |
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
2024
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65934 |
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HCI researchers are increasingly interested in the evaluation of educational technologies in context, yet acknowledge that challenges remain regarding the logistical, material and methodological constraints of this approach to research [18, 53].Through the analysis of the authors’ contributed thematic research vignettes, the following article exposes the practical realities of evaluating educational technologies in school settings. This includes insights into the planning stages of evaluation, the relationship between the researcher and the school environment, and the impact of the school context on the data collection process.We conclude by providing an orientation for the design of HCI educational technology research undertaken in school contexts, providing guidance such as considering the role of modular research design, clarifying goals and expectations with school partners, and reporting researcher positionality. |
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| Keywords: |
Educational technology, classroom evaluation |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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This work was funded by the EPSRC, including the Centre for Digital Civics award number EP/L016176/1 and EPSRC and BBC iCASE scholarship award number 1623937, and Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU). |
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2 |
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1 |
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33 |