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- Title
Developing an App Evaluation Rubric for Practitioners in Special Education.
- Authors
Pei-Lin Weng; Taber-Doughty, Teresa
- Abstract
In recent years, the use of iPads® and their applications (apps) in special education has increased with little empirical evidence to support their use by students with disabilities. Educators need a system to select appropriate apps for their students and to provide suggestions to parents who express interest in educational apps. This study sought to test the user friendliness of a prototype rubric designed for screening/evaluating iPad apps intended for educational use by students with disabilities. Eight school practitioners participated in a test to evaluate the usability of a prototype app rubric. A total of nine commercially available iPad apps designed for students with disabilities were evaluated. The usability test showed the rubric was a useful instrument in supporting app selection. Practitioner concerns and recommendations were taken into consideration for improving the functionality of the evaluation rubric for educational iPad apps.
- Subjects
CHILDREN with disabilities education research; SPECIAL education research; COMPUTERS in education; EDUCATIONAL technology research; APPLICATION software research
- Publication
Journal of Special Education Technology, 2015, Vol 30, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
0162-6434
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/016264341503000104