Emma Liptrot

New study in Computers & Education!
When choosing educational apps, parents overwhelmingly pick what looks popular (5⭐) over what’s actually educational.
The bandwagon effect is alive and well in the App Store.
Here’s what we found 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Educational apps for children: What parents and educators should look for and ignore Educators and parents should ignore information unrelated to educational quality, like star ratings — and instead look for benchmarks of quality when choosing an EduApp.

Last year we wrote a piece in The Conversation encouraging parents and educators to ask five questions instead:
1. What does it teach?
2. How does it teach?
3. How does it support learning?
4. How does it correct learning?
5. Who made it?
theconversation.com/educational-...

Why this app: How user ratings and app store rankings impact parents’ choice of educational apps Parents should look for benchmarks of educational quality (curriculum, feedback, scaffolding, learning theory, and development team) to distinguish go…

Parents want apps that can help their kids learn, but our new article in Computers & Education shows parents choose apps with positive ⭐ ratings, even if they are missing key educational features! How can we help parents find apps that are actually educational?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Excited to share some work from the TLC lab @edtechprof.bsky.social on choosing educational apps with educators and ed tech leaders tomorrow at #ISTELive25! We show that app review websites can be helpful for educators, but need more discussion of pedagogical approach.

Tuesday at 10:30, room 217A

#AERA2025 hope you slept in so you have the NRG to hear about or great work on creating teacher guides for learning games with Assassin’s Creed and How why teachers select educational apps

Today at 5pm!

Why this app? Find out how we used word frequency analysis to understand educators' reasons for downloading educational apps!

I'll be presenting my work on how educators choose educational apps at #AERA2025! Check out my roundtable presentation on Saturday and other work from the Technology, Learning, and Cognition Lab!

How do kids understand and learn from AI smart speakers like Alexa?

We are recruiting Canada-based parents and children between 4-8 years-of-age, for an online study.

Families receive up to $20 (gift card)!  
 
Sign up here
tlclab.owlstown.net/pages/7213