End-User Considerations in Educational Technology Design

A central premise of this volume is that the success of educational technologies depends upon attention to end-user considerations during design and development. To investigate and support this claim, included chapters synthesize contributions from education, psychology, learning science, computer science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, human factors and user experience design. Across a variety of technologies and contexts, the contributing researchers, developers, and educators share their findings and lessons. These chapters broadly span theoretical and methodological frameworks for user experience design, instructional design, qualitative and quantitative reports of user experience outcomes, and guides for incorporating relevant methods in the development of educational technologies. Thus, collectively, these contributions provide theoretical and practical insights that experts across disciplines can draw upon to improve educational technologies. This book provides value for researchers, practitioners, developers, and professionals working in the field of educational technology. For example, researchers and developers can learn about best practices for design and development that can guide their innovation of new technologies. Similarly, educators can use this book to train graduate students and advanced undergraduates about UXD and UXD in educational technology. To this end, the book is organized into two overarching sections — one that provides broad foundations on the intersection of UXD and educational technology (with concrete examples), and another that offers specific demonstrations and case studies of educational technology development.