Prior Background, Experiences, and Forms of Support: Access Considerations for Designing School Software

• In Event: RTD- Learning Design & Issues (v)

Short Description

The proposed presentation is about interaction analysis for making improvements to a software for progress monitoring. We apply interaction analysis to video data of teachers using the software. Focusing on trouble and repair events, we select instances where participants were unsuccessful in their first attempt. Findings suggest that a mismatch between teacher’s prior knowledge and design assumptions. Other findings indicate a need for more explicit communication and including other people (teachers, support teams) for support.

Authors

• Presenter: Sudip Ghosh, Student

• Contributor: Simon Hooper, Penn State University

• Contributor: Jian Liao, Penn State University

• Contributor: Susan Rose, Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota

• Contributor: Rayne Sperling, Penn State University