External outcome. The intention behind asking external parents is to make sure that the outcome is transferable and will suit a larger number of students than those participating in the small scale pilot at this early stage. Answers were collected via online forms as well as in paper questionnaires. So far, 156 parents have answered. However, some did not answer all questions, so there is a variation between 126 and 156 per question. The questionnaires are the same as for the internal participates. Regarding the usefulness of educational games, 54% find they are very helpful, whereas 43% consider them as helpful (Figure 7). Only 3% either did not know or did not think, that educational games would be helpful for their children. This result diverged greatly from the internal parents’ view and we are currently analysing additional data to understand why. How helpful do you think the educational games could be to your children? 1 2 58 73 not helpful I do not know helpful very helpful Figure 7: How helpful do you think the educational games could be to your children? Regarding how often the parents check the progress, Figure 8 shows that about a quarter of the parents monitor the progress every day, whereas almost half of the respondents monitor weekly. Only 5% are not involved. Again, the results differ from the internal respondents, but the number of participants is also much higher, so this might be more representative for the overall parents’ situation. How often do you check the progress of your children’s education? 37 65 daily once a week once a month do not involve Figure 8: How often do you check the progress of your children’s education? An important issue for Beaconing is related to analytics and feedback to the user of the Beaconing platform. Figure 9 shows that 54% of the participating parents are interested in grades and scores, whereas 22% are interested in the challenges their children are facing. 12.5% of the parents’ answered that they want to know how good or bad the relationship between the child and the tutor is developing. What kind of learning information do you wish to know about your children? (Score, localisation …)? Relationship to tutor 7 Score / Grades 72 I do not know / I dont understand 9 none 27 challenges and struggles in learning progress 30 0 22 44 66 88 110 132 Figure 9: What kind of learning information do you wish to know about your children? (Score, localisation …)? In this group, 71% answered that they would engage themselves in locatio...
External outcome. Two hundred and twenty external students have so far responded either via questionnaire or online (students aged over 18 only). As for the internal group, the main challenge the students are facing is low motivation (112), followed by a lack of computer at home (61) and face to face interaction (38), 9 had others, but not described in more details. Figure 38 indicates that the students prefer different means for learning STEM, but that active, experiential methods as well as the use of computer are most appreciated. What are your preferred ways of learning STEM? Internet Face to face interaction Games Experiments Problem solving Computer Technology Practicing 20 26 27 25 22 34 19 30 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Figure 38: What are your preferred ways of learning STEM? As for the internal students, chats (163) is the preferred communication means followed by audio/video calls (99) and 35 indicate media share. The communication channel favoured by school administrations, forum, get the lowest response (21) In Figure 39 the students are asked for their expectations on Beaconing guidance and support. The results differ from the internal group, since tutorial is the most common answer here. What kind of guidance/support materials do you expect from Beaconing? something else 7 Tutorials 139 Digitized lessons 69 Hard copy materials 29 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Figure 39: What kind of guidance/support materials do you expect from Beaconing? 94 % of the students play games (the most popular games are Counter Strike, GTA, FIFA and League of Legend) and 70 % have played educational games. The most popular games 185 students answer that anonymity and digital identity are important or very important. This is a much higher share than in the internal group. Only around 48% of the students have access to LMS, which is much lower than in the internal group, but around 25% have access to educational games (Figure 40) What learning technologies have you used/ are available in your school? something else 8 Enternainment Games Digital Educational Games 52 Massive Open Online Course 18 Learning Management System 106 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Figure 40: What learning technologies have you used/ are available in your school? Figure 41 indicates that the majority (60%) prefers Adventurous and Challenging type of serious games followed by Simulation (multiple answers allowed) What kind of serious game do you like something else Simulation game more? Productive 13 Challenges 101 Adven...
