Trust, privacy and relationships in 'pervasive education': Families' views on homework and technologies

Fraser, K.; Rodden, T.; O'Malley, C.

Abstract

Extensive educational research discusses the potential for information and communication technologies in supporting homework, but most has focused on providing content. The research in this paper focuses instead on the issues around managing homework and balancing home and school through the capabilities of ubiquitous technologies. As part of our requirements capture we presented three families with demonstrators of ubiquitous computing systems. Our technologies provoked reactions to situated and embedded information capture and access, and locational information capture through mobile devices. The subüety and complexity of roles and relationships of different family members raised issues around trust and privacy in relation to children's homework practices. We consider how these drove acceptance of the technologies, and how the contrasts between family and educational relationships produced different requirements for technologies managing information transfer inside and outside the home. Overall, we highlight how respect for these concerns can inform the design of pervasive technologies, particularly within the domestic and educational contexts bridged

Citation

Fraser, K., Rodden, T., & O'Malley, C. (2007, December). Trust, privacy and relationships in 'pervasive education': Families' views on homework and technologies. Presented at 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, PERVASIVE 2007; Toronto; Canada

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, PERVASIVE 2007; Toronto; Canada
• Publication Date: 2007
• Deposit Date: Aug 15, 2018
• Print ISSN: 0302-9743
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Volume: 4480
• Pages: 180-197
• Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Book Title: Pervasive Computing : 5th International Conference, PERVASIVE 2007, Toronto, Canada, May 13-16, 2007, Proceedings
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1145956
• Publisher URL: https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783540720362