NDLI: Information practices and user interfaces: Student use of an iOS application in special education

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Demmans Epp, Carrie McEwen, Rhonda Campigotto, Rachelle Moffatt, Karyn
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	A framework connecting concepts from user interface design with those from information studies is applied in a study that integrated a location-aware mobile application into two special education classes at different schools; this application had two support modes (one general and one location specific). The five-month study revealed several information practices that emerged from student attempts to overcome barriers within the application and the curriculum. Students engaged in atypical and unintended practices when using the application. These practices appear to be consequences of the user interface and information processing challenges faced by students. Abandoning activities was a strategic choice and was an unanticipated information practice associated with the application’s integration into lessons. From an information processing perspective, it is likely that students reinterpreted information in the location mode as housing application content rather than being location specific and the information practice of taking photos emerged as an expressive use of the device when an instrumental task was absent. Based on these and other emergent practices, we recommend functionality that should be considered when developing or integrating these types of applications into special education settings and we seek to expand the traditional definition of information practice by including human-computer interaction principles.
Starting Page	1433
Ending Page	1456
Page Count	24
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13602357
Journal	Education and Information Technologies
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15737608
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-04-14
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Mobile learning Human information processing Mobile applications User interfaces Special education Cognitive support tools Usability Computers and Education Educational Technology User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Education Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet) Computer Application in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Library and Information Sciences E-learning

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
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