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Contexts for evaluating educational software

Title: Contexts for evaluating educational software

Author: A. Jones, , E. Scanlon, C. Tosunoglu, E. Morris, S. Ross,P. Butcher, J. Greenberg.

Date: (1999)Citation:

A. Jones, , E. Scanlon, C. Tosunoglu, E. Morris, S. Ross,P. Butcher, J. Greenberg.(1999). Contexts for evaluating educational software, Interacting with Computers.

OutlinePurpose.The Jigsaw evaluation model.The CIAO! framework for evaluation.Example.The evaluation process design.

PurposeIn their research, Jones and others of

“Contexts for evaluating educational software” studied the difference between the software evaluation practices in the educational community and (human–computer interaction) community.

These differences were examined by looking at usability and learning and by considering the use of a particular framework for CAL (Computer Assisted Learning) evaluation.

The Jigsaw evaluation modelPurpose:

to measure the usability of software and its effects on learning and to increase the teachers' knowledge about the integration between those two variables.

Three main levels: The first level concerned on four tasks: learning

tasks, general learning tasks, application operational tasks and system operational tasks.

The Jigsaw evaluation modelIntegration within the learning and operational tasks

was focused on the second level of the Jigsaw evaluation model

The integration between the learning and operational tasks was represented by the third level of the model.

The CIAO! framework for evaluationPurpose:

the effectiveness and quality CAL development.

Three main domains:Contextinteractionattitudes and outcomes.

The CIAO! framework for evaluationThe 3 main points of the domains:

Rationale Data Methods

Example:

The evaluation process designThe iterative process of evaluation: