Evaluating the Accessibility of Scratch for Children with Cognitive Impairments

Zubair, Misbahu Sharfuddeen; Brown, David J.; Hughes-Roberts, Thomas; Bates, Matthew

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92049-8_49

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“…Before the start of each interview, the interviewer demonstrated the main features of VPTs by creating an example animation program using Scratch. Then the interview was conducted with questions asked around the observed behaviours and difficulties associated with using VPTs identified by a previous study by the authors that evaluated the accessibility of Scratch for children with learning disabilities and ASC [40]. Specifically questions were asked around: the occurrence of difficulties, i.e.…”

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“…Overall, the literature was found to contain few studies on the use and benefits of VPTs by children with ASC, and the few that exist involve individuals with no reported associated learning disability. However, the accessibility evaluation of Scratch conducted by Zubair et al [40] observed seven participants with learning disabilities, five of whom were also diagnosed with ASC, using Scratch to create stories; and also interviewing their class teachers after these observations had taken place. Findings from the observations revealed that the participants struggled with a number of user-interface, and cognition-related accessibility issues.…”

Section: Vpts As Learning and Teaching Aids For Children With Ascmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This study builds on the findings of an accessibility evaluation of Scratch (that showed the existence of accessibility issues in the VPT) [40], by gathering a set of recommendations to guide the creation of accessible, usable and engaging VPTs for children with ASC, specifically those that also have a learning disability. Recommendations were gathered and then validated with experts by collecting data using semi-structured interviews and subsequent thematic analysis of these data.…”

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Designing accessible visual programming tools for children with autism spectrum condition

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Visual programming tools allow users to create interactive media projects such as games and animations using visual representations of programming concepts. Although these tools have been shown to have huge potential for teaching children, research has shown that they may not be accessible for children with cognitive impairments, including those with autism spectrum condition. Therefore, this study proposes a set of recommendations for the design of accessible visual programming tools for children with autism spectrum condition. Semi-structured interviews with experts ($$n=7$$ n = 7 ) were conducted and thematically analysed to identify initial recommendations. A second set of semi-structured interviews with a subset of the initial experts ($$n=3$$ n = 3 ) were then conducted to validate and produce a final set of recommendations.

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“…However, children with ASC are missing from these reports. Furthermore, available visual programming tools may not be usable by children with ASC (Zubair et al , 2018).…”

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“…Observational data of five children with ASC collected during an initial study on evaluating the usability of Scratch for children with cognitive impairments (Zubair et al , 2018) was used for this study. The data consist of video screen recordings of each participant using Scratch to create stories.…”

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A method of creating personae for children with autism spectrum condition: application and revision

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Purpose Personae are simple tools for describing users, their characteristics and their goals. They are valuable tools when designing for a specific group of users, such as children with autism spectrum condition (ASC). The purpose of this paper is to propose, validate and revise a methodology for creating accurate, data grounded personae for children with ASC. Design/methodology/approach The proposed method is based mainly on Cooper et al.’s (2007) persona construction method. It proposes gathering and analysing qualitative data from users and experts to either create a new persona or extend an existing one. The method is then applied to create personae for the design of a visual programming tool for children with ASC. Based on the results of the application, observations and lessons learnt, a revised version of the method is proposed. Findings The method’s combined use of user data and expert knowledge produced a set of personae that have been well reviewed by experts so far. The method’s use of a questionnaire to validate personae also produced relevant qualitative feedback. On review, possible downsides of extending existing personae were identified. Therefore, a revised method was introduced, eliminating the need to extend existing personae, and stressing the importance of utilising user data, expert knowledge and feedback. Originality/value This paper addresses the need for a well-defined method for creating data grounded personae that accurately describe the characteristics and goals of children with ASC. Such personae can be used to design and develop more accessible and usable products.

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Moving Away from the Blocks: Evaluating the Usability of EduBlocks for Supporting Children to Transition from Block-Based Programming

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Evaluating the Accessibility of Scratch for Children with Cognitive Impairments

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Designing accessible visual programming tools for children with autism spectrum condition

Designing accessible visual programming tools for children with autism spectrum condition

A method of creating personae for children with autism spectrum condition: application and revision

Moving Away from the Blocks: Evaluating the Usability of EduBlocks for Supporting Children to Transition from Block-Based Programming

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