Assessing Fun and Engagement in Mobile Applications for Children with Speech Delay

• Main Authors: Tommy, Carolyne Alphonsus, Minoi, Jacey Lynn, Chin, Saw Sian
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications Ltd 2019
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/25387/1/Minoi.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/25387/; https://www.scientific.net/AMM.892.79
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

This paper presents the fun and engagement elements, and the assessment methods of these two elements for children. Fun to children is something they do that is amusing or enjoyable. Engagement refers to how a child shares a positive connection to peers or activities. Both of these elements could be an important factor to support and strengthen learning among children. We employed the Again-again table and the Adaptive Behaviour Scale [24] from Bayley-III to measure and to assess fun and engagement, particularly in educational mobile apps for children with speech delay. A local prototype of speech therapy mobile application was used in the experiment, and the results have shown that both fun and engagement are correlated.