Designing a mobile academic peer support system

AlSugair, Balsam; Hopkins, Gail; FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Brailsford, Tim

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss work in progress into the design of a mobile academic peer support system that enables 11-to-14 year old children to request and provide academic help to each other. Our proposed system was designed based on background research into the areas of peer learning, child development, help-seeking and academic motivation. Several methods, such as focus groups, interviews and Wizard of Oz, were used during the requirements gathering and initial testing stages. The proposed system is currently under development and will be tested in a study with school-pupils, over an extended period of time, in the next few months.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Proceedings of the 26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2012
• Publication Date: Sep 10, 2012
• Deposit Date: Aug 15, 2018
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 303-308
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/943919
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Proceedings of the 26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers, 303-308.
• Contract Date: Aug 15, 2018