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Pages: 9769-9774
Publication year: 2019
ISBN: 978-84-09-12031-4
ISSN: 2340-1117

Conference name:
11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 1st-3rd July, 2019
Location: Palma, Mallorca, SPAIN

LEARNING HOW TO USE A QWERTY KEYBOARD WITH A GAME INTERFACE FOR CHILDREN: A USABILITY PRELIMINARY STUDY

T. Rocha, R. Rodrigues Nunes, P. Martins, J. Barroso

University of TrĂ¡s-os-Montes e Alto Douro / INESC TEC (PORTUGAL)


Abstract

In this paper, a game interface for children with learning difficulties designed to enable learning and training the interaction with a QWERTY keyboard, therefore enhancing digital literacy and inclusion, is presented. Specifically, the interface presented writing activities with several difficulty levels, from monosyllabic to polysyllabic words, allowing the training with the QWERTY Keyboard. To assess usability of the interface we performed a preliminary user test with ten children with learning disabilities and it was register the following usability variables: efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction. The main results showed that children improved their performance with the keyboard throughout the activities but showed spelling difficulties in higher difficulty levels. These difficulties were not in interaction with the QWERTY keyboard but in the word spelling. Still, all conclude tasks with success, no one dropout.
Keywords: Serious Games, QWERTY keyboard, Children with learning disabilities, User tests, Digital Literacy and Inclusion.

Keywords: Learning disabilities, user tests, serious games, digital literacy, inclusion.

@InProceedings{Rocha2019LEA,
author = {Rocha, T. and Rodrigues Nunes, R. and Martins, P. and Barroso, J.},
title = {LEARNING HOW TO USE A QWERTY KEYBOARD WITH A GAME INTERFACE FOR CHILDREN: A USABILITY PRELIMINARY STUDY},
series = {11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies},
booktitle = {EDULEARN19 Proceedings},
isbn = {978-84-09-12031-4},
issn = {2340-1117},
publisher = {IATED},
location = {Palma, Mallorca, SPAIN},
month = {1st-3rd July},
year = {2019},
pages = {9769-9774}}
TY - CONF
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AU - J. Barroso
TI - LEARNING HOW TO USE A QWERTY KEYBOARD WITH A GAME INTERFACE FOR CHILDREN: A USABILITY PRELIMINARY STUDY
SN - 978-84-09-12031-4
PY - 2019
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CI - Palma, Mallorca, SPAIN
JO - 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
JA - EDULEARN19 Proceedings
SP - 9769
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T. Rocha, R. Rodrigues Nunes, P. Martins, J. Barroso (2019) LEARNING HOW TO USE A QWERTY KEYBOARD WITH A GAME INTERFACE FOR CHILDREN: A USABILITY PRELIMINARY STUDY, EDULEARN19 Proceedings, pp. 9769-9774.