Classification and Evaluation of Educational Apps for Early Childhood: Security Matters

Autor/inn/en	Vaiopoulou, Julie; Papadakis, Stamatios; Sifaki, Eirini; Kalogiannakis, Michail; Stamovlasis, Dimitrios
Titel	Classification and Evaluation of Educational Apps for Early Childhood: Security Matters
Quelle	In: Education and Information Technologies, 28 (2023) 3, S.2547-2578 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kalogiannakis, Michail) ORCID (Stamovlasis, Dimitrios)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2357
DOI	10.1007/s10639-022-11289-w
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Young Children; Kindergarten; Educational Technology; Preservice Teachers; Early Childhood Education; Computer Oriented Programs; Computer Software; Evaluation; Classification; Computer Security; Information Security; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Unterrichtsmedien; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Computerprogramm; Evaluierung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Computervirus; Computersicherheit; Griechenland
Abstract	This study explored certain popular educational apps' vital characteristics and potential profiles (n1 = 50) for kindergarten kids. The profile analysis involved a categorization ascended from an evaluation process conducted by pre-service early childhood teachers' (n2 = 295) at the University of Crete, Greece, using a new instrument, validated in the present research, the ETEA-2 scale. The categorization criteria were the five dimensions of the ETEA-2: Learning, Suitability, Usability, Security, and Parental Control. The classification based on Latent Class Analysis led to three apps' profiles: Cluster/profile 1 includes apps that have high values in Learning, Usability, Suitability, and medium Parental Control and Security; Cluster/Profile 2 includes apps with medium Learning, Usability, Suitability, but low Parental Control and High Security; Cluster/Profile 3 includes apps with medium Learning, Usability, Suitability, but low Parental Control and low Security. This profile scheme is an indicative categorization summarizing the crucial features that popular apps possess and can help parents and/or educators' decision-making on choosing the desirable application for their kids. Moreover, from an independent evaluation of these specific fifty apps sought on the internet, the members of Cluster2/Profile 2 were the most popular and preferable, as suggested by the number of downloads. This profile is distinguished for the security dimension. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01