Empirical evaluation of educational interactive systems

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2018-10-01

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García-Peñalvo, F. J.
Moreno López, L.
Sánchez-Gómez, M. C.

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Springer

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Educational software systems are usually highly interactive systems that needs to be evaluated from two different perspectives, first as interactive software, mainly using usability and accessibility approaches, and second as an educational product that needs to be evaluated from its learning impact. The empirical evaluation methods may be quantitative, with a more deductive reasoning, or qualitative, with a more inductive reasoning, oriented, however mixed approaches have been used extensively because they combine the both main methods with a more pragmatic knowledge focusing on knowing the consequences or solving problems. The empirical evaluation of interactive educational software due to its own characteristics requires a mixed approach typically. This special issue is devoted to identify, share and valorise best practices and experiences, with a very solid modelling background, that are focused on the empirical evaluation of educational interactive systems with a special emphasis on mixed quantitative and qualitative approaches.

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Educational interactive software, Empirical evaluation, Usability studies, User experience, Mixed methods

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García-Peñalvo, F. J., Moreno López, L., & Sánchez-Gómez, M. C. (2018). Empirical evaluation of educational interactive systems. Quality & Quantity, 52(6), 2427-2434. doi:10.1007/s11135-018-0808-4

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