Expressive interactions: tablet usability for young mobile learners

Peta Wyeth; Mitchell McEwan; Paul Roe; Ian MacColl

doi:10.1145/2071536.2071585

Expressive interactions: tablet usability for young mobile learners

Peta Wyeth^*, Mitchell McEwan, Paul Roe, Ian MacColl

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In this paper we examine the usability of tablets for students in middle school in the context of mobile environmental education. Our study focuses on the expressive qualities of three input methods - text, audio and drawing - and the extent to which these methods support on-task behaviour. In our study 28 small groups of children were given iPads and asked to record ecological observations from around their schoolyard. The effectiveness of the devices and their core utility for expressive, on-task data capture is assessed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	311-314
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781450310901
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2071536.2071585
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011 - Canberra, ACT, Australia Duration: 28 Nov 2011 → 2 Dec 2011

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Conference	23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Canberra, ACT
Period	28/11/11 → 2/12/11

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design
educational technology
mobile learning

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Wyeth, P, McEwan, M, Roe, P & MacColl, I 2011, Expressive interactions: tablet usability for young mobile learners. in Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 311-314, 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 28/11/11. https://doi.org/10.1145/2071536.2071585

Expressive interactions: tablet usability for young mobile learners. / Wyeth, Peta; McEwan, Mitchell; Roe, Paul et al.
Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2011. p. 311-314.

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