A systematic mapping review of usability evaluation methods for educational applications on mobile devices

2018 7th International Conference On Software Process Improvement (CIMPS) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI:10.1109/CIMPS.2018.8625629

S. Cáceres, J. Pow-Sang

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Mobile devices are used more and more frequently by society. In recent years has increased the sale of those devices and therefore in the applications provided to the users. The educational apps are one of the most important, because they offer more significant opportunities for development and growth to society, developing in various areas. In this context, usability becomes a key factor for its adoption.The objective of this paper is to identify which are the usability methods that are used in mobile educational applications by subject area. Therefore, a systematic mapping review was conducted. A total of 1503 studies were identified, and only 174 were selected for this review. The results show that the user test is the most widely used usability evaluation method in mobile educational applications, and the preferred learning topics are foreign languages and information and communication technologies. These results can guide experts and developers to construct usable mobile educational apps by selecting the usability evaluation methods according to the learning topic.

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移动设备上的教育应用程序可用性评估方法的系统映射回顾

移动设备在社会上的使用越来越频繁。近年来，这些设备的销量有所增加，因此在应用程序中提供给了用户。教育应用程序是最重要的一个，因为它们为社会的发展和成长提供了更重要的机会，在各个领域发展。在这种情况下，可用性成为其采用的关键因素。本文的目的是确定哪些是可用性方法，在移动教育应用程序中使用的学科领域。因此，进行了系统的制图审查。共纳入1503项研究，其中仅174项被纳入本综述。结果表明，用户测试是移动教育应用中使用最广泛的可用性评估方法，首选的学习主题是外语和信息通信技术。这些结果可以指导专家和开发者根据学习主题选择可用性评估方法来构建可用的移动教育应用。

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