Understanding the Effects of Virtual Education on Kindergarten Children and the Relationships between Teachers, Parents, and Children During a Global Pandemic

The global COVID-19 pandemic dramatically altered learning experiences for children, parents, and teachers worldwide. For very young children, the scrambled introduction of complex virtual tools as a proxy for the classroom experience has been particularly challenging. I conducted interviews with kindergarten teachers and parents with young children to better understand their experiences navigating virtual learning during a stressful time. Insights from those discussions informed the iterative design process I used to generate alternative interactive interfaces for online kindergarten instruction. In this thesis, I present findings from the interviews, the multi-stage interface design process, participant responses to the interface design, and promising directions for future work.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science and Applications

Department dc:contributor.department

Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Jain, Yash

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Kelliher, Aisling

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• McCrickard, D. Scott
• Ellis, Margaret O.

• Virtual Education
• Kindergartners
• User-Interface
• Relationships

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:30953

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/103474