Presentation in the 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics #AHFE2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on July 30, 2015. The research project was conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with a sample of 60+ elementary school children during the User Acceptance evaluations for the Mawhiba.org portal (أصيل ورسيل)

1. Evaluating the User
Experience of Playful
Interactive Learning
Interfaces with Children
Evaluating the User Experience of Playful Interactive
Learning Interfaces with Children
Asma Alhussayen, Wea’am Alrashed Evi Mansour, Areej Al-Wabil
Software Engineering Department College of Computer and Information Sciences
King Saud University (KSU) Prince Sultan University (PSU)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2. Outline
 Introduction
 Exploratory Study
 Results
 Conclusion

3. Introduction

4. Motivation
➜ Increased access to the internet
➜ School curriculum
➜ Design of Arabic interfaces on websites

5. Contribution
➜ Exploratory Study  Evaluate the
momentary UX
➜ Explore the factors affecting children’s
experience of playful learning websites

6. Exploratory Study
in Saudi Schools

7. Participants
• Five Sessions in 2 days
• 64 female students
• Grades 1 - 6
• Self-reported
experience in using
computers and browsing
the web
21
Age
7&8
7
14
12 10

8. Materials

9. Materials
A questionnaire of 18 questions to assess:
o Registration process
o Sound effects
o Favorite sections
o Overall satisfaction

10. Procedure
Briefing
Explore and answer
questionnaire
Describe experience on sticky
notes
o School’s computer lab
o Two observers
o Five separate sessions
Session flow:

11. Feedback Categorization
Negative
➜ Smileyometer
feedbacks
 Angry, scared and sad
➜ Sticky notes feedback:
 comments that describe
boredom
Positive
➜ Smileyometer
feedback:
 Excited, happy and
indifference
➜ Sticky notes feedback:
 comments that describe
enjoyment

12. Results

13. Observation Results
➜ Session duration
varied according to
age
➜ Overall enjoyment
with the experience
➜ Frustration with
website registration
process

14. Survey Results
Younger children
(N = 31)
Older children
(N = 33)
Age 7&8
(N = 21)
Age 9
(N = 10)
Age 10
(N = 12)
Age 11
(N = 14)
Age 12
(N = 7)
(+) (-) (+) (-) (+) (-) (+) (-) (+) (-)
My skills 5.04 0.00 2.61 0.00 3.04 0.05 3.65 0.05 1.70 0.00
My stories 5.57 0.00 3.17 0.00 3.78 0.00 3.78 0.00 1.65 0.00
My family 5.04 0.00 2.61 0.00 3.04 0.05 3.65 0.05 1.70 0.00
My diary 4.65 0.10 2.35 0.00 2.83 0.14 3.13 0.05 1.48 0.00
My games 5.04 0.05 2.09 0.14 2.74 0.00 3.13 0.10 1.43 0.05
My hobbies 3.35 0.05 2.57 0.00 3.09 0.00 2.74 0.14 1.74 0.00

15. ➜ Positive
73% positive
comments
➜ Negative
24% negative
comments
Sticky notes results

16. Conclusion

17. Kids were
eager to
complement
Gender-bias..
participants
were all girls
More time for
free-browsing
to explore
different parts
of the portal
Study limitations

18. Design for a playful UX..
➜ Less complicated registration process
➜ Website content variation according to age
➜ Voice instructions and feedback for
engagement
➜ Varying difficulty levels

19. Evaluating the User Experience of Playful Interactive
Learning Interfaces with Children
Asma Alhussayen, Wea’am Alrashed Evi Mansour, Areej Al-Wabil
Software Engineering Department College of Computer and Information Sciences
King Saud University (KSU) Prince Sultan University (PSU)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia