Sultan Qaboos UniversityCollege of Education

Instructional and learning technologies

Assignment 1

Evaluation of Computer-Based Instruction

Done by: Shamsa AL – Muqbali 92099Noora AL –Tabei 94985

Title: abc WOW! - Kids' Alphabet Flash Cards and Letters Song

Overview about the courseware:This software teach child letters and alphabet in interactive way by song the letters .The “abc Wow!” software makes innovations on early learning and child development using letter to object recognition. Designed with a kindergarten teacher’s guidance, “abc Wow!” teaches the lowercase letters - the letters most used for reading and writing. Objects shaped like their beginning letter magically appear; making a natural and intuitive bond between the letter shape, name, and usage. This interactive software makes learning fun for all children learning their letters and sounds.

The purpose of evaluation: To understand the needs of teachers and develop the software

Audience: Teachers of English who teach the first grade at school

Suggest and develop an evaluation technique:We use questionnaire by using Google drive and this is the link of it: https://docsgoogle.com/forms/d/10grMcxDoSoRTQ4A6btI5PS1klh68rgj1wK-lc6yidlI/viewform

Screenshots:

Questionnaire (Pedagogical dimension):

NO Statements 5 4 3 2 1

1 The information is clear, concise, and informative to the audience

2 The content is free from spelling and grammatical errors

3 The program helps individuals to develop their abilities and skills

4 The program is appropriate for individual use

5 The purpose of the program is well defined and clearly explained

Technical dimension:

The Results of the Questionnaire: (Analysis the statements)

NO Statements 5 4 3 2 1

6 The individual can operate the program independently

7 Individuals can easily start and exit the program.

8 The program is attractive and interesting. It motivates users

9 The cost per user makes it feasible to serve most clients

10 The program is easy to install in the computer

We divide the items to Pedagogical and Technical parts. In addition, we put the resultsOf each item in the table. Each table has three columns. Each table shows the degree of satisfaction , the number of responses ( out of 25 responses ) and the percentage of responses. For example, as you see to the table below for the first items in our questionnaire.We see that there are 20 responses out 25 to agree Of the first item and the percentage is 80% . On other hand , there is not any responses to strongly disagree. Also, we see that that there are 5 responses to strongly agree and the percentage is 20%.

We distributed the questionnaire between teachers who teach English at the first grade . The number of teachers was 25. And we analyze the results in a table for each statement .

1-The information is clear, concise, and informative to the audience

2-The content is free from spelling and grammatical errors

3-The program helps individuals to develop their abilities and skills

4- The program is appropriate for individual use

5-The purpose of the program is well defined and clearly explained to

6-The individual can operate the program independently

7-Individuals can easily start and exit the program.

8-The program is attractive and interesting. It motivates users

9-The cost per user makes it feasible to serve most clients

10-The program is easy to install in the computer

Comparing between Pedagogical and Technical parts:

We divide the items to Pedagogical and Technical parts. The Tables show the number

of responses for each degree of Satisfaction . We see that there are 40 responses to

strongly agree Of Pedagogical part . On other hand, there are 63 responses to strongly

agree Of Technical part. Also, we see that that there are not any responses to strongly

disagree Of Pedagogical part . On other hand, there is one response to strongly

disagree Of Technical part.

References:

1- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abc-wow!-for-older-devices/id532186533?mt=8

2-http://www.smartappsforkids.com/2012/07/todays-good-free-app-of-the-day-abc-wow-alphabet-flash-cards-limited-time.html

3- http://www.amazon.com/abc-WOW-Alphabet-Interactive-Children/dp/B009XH4M64