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The Realities of Evaluating Educational Technology in School Settings

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Megan Venn-Wycherley, Dr Ahmed KharrufaORCiD, Vidya Sarangapani

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© 2024 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).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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Author(s): Venn-Wycherley M, Kharrufa A, Lechelt S, Nicholson R, Howland K, Almjally A, Trory A, Sarangapani V

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Year: 2024

Volume: 31

Issue: 2

Pages: 1-33

Print publication date: 05/02/2024

Online publication date: 01/12/2023

Acceptance date: 10/09/2023

Date deposited: 26/02/2024

ISSN (print): 1073-0516

ISSN (electronic): 1557-7325

Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery

URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/3635146

DOI: 10.1145/3635146

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