OPTIMISING

CHILDREN’S

OUTCOMES

(OCO)Camilla Mahon

Erika Fisher

Gaby Kavanagh

Hannah Rogers

BACKGROUND RESEARCH

Eye-tracking techniques are suggested to be used to deeply

explore the cognitive process (Tsai, Hou, Lai, Liu & Yang, 2012).

Boswell, Knight and Spriggs (2013) discussed that some studies

have shown that academic skills can be directly impacted by self-

monitoring. McDougall and Brady (1998, as cited in

Boswell, Knight and Spriggs, 2013) illustrated that fourth graders

with and without disabilities were able to increase their ‘engaged

time’ after learning to use two self-management strategies

(i.e., self-monitoring of attention and productivity).

‘OPTIMEYES’

Tesco is installing hundreds of hi-tech screens that scan the faces

of shoppers as they queue at the till to detect their age and sex for

advertisers.

Lord Alan Sugar

It works by using inbuilt cameras in a TV-style screen above the

till that identify whether a customer is male or female, estimate

their age and judge how long they look at the ad.

The technology is already used in forecourts across the UK

PROPOSED FIELD RESEARCH

Implementing prototype model

Survey aimed at educational professionals and parents of primary

school children.

Option to expand and give opinions on design

Sketches will be provided after initial requirements gathering to

aid user usability

WHO & WHY?

Designed with teachers in mind to keep track of

behaviour, concentration and progress of their students

Aim: Benefit learning outcomes for students by comparing monitored

behaviour to the individuals progress in class

PERSONA

PROBLEMS

Problem 1

Parents might not be comfortable with their children being

monitored

Problem 2

System failure could result in complete loss of individual progress

PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

Solution for Problem 1

Parents must give consent. If not, a profile will not be included of their child

Solutions for Problem 2

The system will automatically back up the information onto the school’s server

At the end of each term the teacher will also manually back up the programme

The application has the potential to develop its own online storage, for example, similar to the ‘Cloud’

HOW WILL IT WORK?

Monitoring box (OCO) on top of blackboard

Facial recognition

Eye tracking (similar to the ‘Optimeyes’)

Noise level

Movement

HOW WILL IT WORK? Visual Representation

REFERENCES

Boswell, M., Knight, V., & Spriggs, A. D. (2013). Self-monitoring of On*task Behaviors Using the MotivAider® by a Middle School Student with a Moderate Intellectual Disability. Rural Special Education Quarterly, 32(2), 23-30.

Hawkes, S. (2013, November 4). Tesco to scan queuing shoppers' features for advertisers. The Telegraph. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/supermarkets/10423811/Tesco-to-scan-queuing-shoppers-features-for-advertisers.html

Tsai, M., Hou, H., Lai, M., Liu, W., & Yang, F. (2012). Visual attention for solving multiple-choice science problem: An eye-tracking analysis. Computers & Education, 58(1), 375-385. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2011.07.012

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