Presentation 2 of the master thesis.

1. Learning 2.0 with Special Needs Glenn Vingerhoets Promotor: Prof. E. Duval Coordinator: José Luis Santos 1

2. Overview Memory Refresh New Work Iteration II Demo I Iteration III Demo II Problems The road ahead Future Iterations Detailed Planning Questions 2

3. Memory Refresh 3

4. Memory Refresh: Subject Learning 2.0 Web 2.0: Enables collaboration & interaction Learning environment Special needs Aimed at mental disability On the iPad 4

5. Memory Refresh: Research conclusions Digital divide Private network makes them feel different Need of adapted Text-to-speech (too complicated now) Can do more than most think! Touchscreens take away the thinking of bringing the mouse to a button to do an action 5

6. Memory Refresh: Application Idea Part I: Facebook application Accessibility to social technologies Text-to-Speech + gathering data Pictograms Protect from abuse, “bad” social behavior,… Part II: Visualization application 2nd priority: If goals part I achieved! Clustering similar students Focus on certain words Avoiding certain texts COMBINED: A support learning application without the users even knowing it! 6

7. New Work 7

8. Varia Contacted organizations Facebook -> Couldn’t answer research related questions Amichai -> Not working on something like it Tested existing Facebook applications Tabs without pictograms -> More guessing Could not understand statuses Panicked when saw unknown friend request Paper Brainstorm Visualization application Better to drop visualization application Can import CSV file in existing apps (ex. Excel) 8

9. Iteration II Mockup since problems paper prototype iOS Interface Builder Biggest resemblance Avoids double work Needs controller – view classes Goal: Testing usability Think aloud test 9

10. Iteration II - Evaluation Scenario’s for person with mental disability: Who was the last one that posted something on your wall? Let something to be read out loud (for example a wallpost). Update your status (again with a popup to see their reaction). Whose birthday is it today? When is event X? Can you read out loud what person Y said to person Z? Start a new Facebook chat. Can you check who your friends are? Of which groups are you a member? 10

11. Iteration II - Evaluation Some questions afterwards: Have you ever used Facebook? Do you have a Facebook account yourself? If not, interested in one? Any experience with a touchscreen? Could be a smartphone,… Any with the iPad? 11

12. Iteration II - Evaluation 1 person with mental disability Most scenarios successfully Scenario 2 other way than intended Problem with scenario 4 Trouble with imagining something unreal Expert feedback Really positive reaction Dilemma selection -> Consistency with existing Buttons: Always speak out loud + navigate Other suggestions: Hierarchy for status updates, changeable font 12

13. Iteration II - Demo 13

14. Iteration III Implementation of application Facebook SDK Text-to-Speech SDK (Nuance Dragon Mobile) Progress: Facebook connection: OK Text-to-Speech: OK Full functionality Facebook: +/- Selection gesture: NOT OK Sclera pictograms to update status: +/- 14

15. Iteration III - Evaluation First week after Easter holidays At least 5 persons with mental disability Goal: Usability & Usefulness (will they reuse it?) Same scenario’s + questions Iteration II 15

16. Iteration III - Demo 16

17. Problems 17

18. Problems Selection gesture adaption in iOS Losing a lot of time with it -> Postponed evaluation moment Memory management iPad Coverflowcrashes If friends > 200 18

19. The road ahead 19

20. Future Iterations 20

21. Iteration IV Implementation Adaptions after Iteration III Add settings for guardians Evaluation Test settings if usable by persons without iPad and/or social network experience Focus on: Effectiveness: Success rates Efficiency: Time to complete task User satisfaction: Opinion about application 21

22. Iteration V Implementation Adaptions iteration IV Translation functionality Google Translate for statuses Auto language detection Already have trouble with 1 language Friends without disability Evaluate adaptions 10 persons with mental disability Split up in 2 groups 1 my app1 existing text-to-speech app + FB website Time difference & success rates Questions checking feeling about app If allowed enough time Switch groups: Avoid biased result Every person different level & experiences 22

23. Detailed Planning Iteration III – Evaluation 28/04/2011 Iteration III - Writing results 01/05/2011 Iteration IV – Adaptions + adding the settings for guardians 07/05/2011 Iteration IV – Evaluation 08/05/2011 Iteration V – Adaptions + adding translations 21/05/2011 Iteration V – Evaluation 22/05/2011 Making poster ?? Writing thesis (done continuously through the year) 04/06/2011 23

24. Questions? 24

25. Classdiagram View - Controller 25

26. Diagram Model 26