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Evaluating Usability, Fun and Learning in Educational Software for Children
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, , , University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Montreal, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-56-3 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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This paper reports the findings of an investigation into the relationship between usability fun and learning in educational software designed for children. Twenty five children from an English primary school aged between 7 and 8 participated in the evaluation. A 3x3 Latin square experimental design methodology was adopted incorporating pre and post tests to measure the learning effect, observations to assess usability and fun along with a fun sorter to gauge the children's perception. The conclusions highlight the importance of fun in educational software, the difficulties in designing experiments with children and the relationship between usability and fun.

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Sim, G., MacFarlane, S. & Horton, M. (2005). Evaluating Usability, Fun and Learning in Educational Software for Children. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2005--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 1180-1187). Montreal, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 7, 2024 from .

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