Software in Context: Designing for Students, Teachers, and Classroom Enactment
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چکیده
While supportive features that address the needs of students and teachers are critical for the success of educational software, they are only the first step toward adoption and effective use of software in the classroom. As learning technologies gain increasing use in classrooms, designers must pay close attention to the pedagogical and logistical issues that teachers face during their enactment. This paper traces the design history of the WorldWatcher visualization software from a learner-centered to a classroom-centered framework, addressing the challenges that teachers faced during enactment and the affordances we have designed to facilitate teacher use.
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