Research project

Eye-tracking for teaching and learning in the wild

Project overview

Eye movement research has enjoyed long-standing scholarly attention. However, in real-world settings and during group interaction eye movement research is in its infancy, although rapidly expanding. Methodological guidance has been mostly limited to highly technical commentaries on mobile eye-tracking as a research tool. Until recent years, a major challenge in moving into real-world classroom research has been the lack of affordable and reliable equipment for mobile eye tracking.

More fundamentally, the advanced methods for data pre-processing and analysis developed for laboratory settings often do not work in open research arrangements. As a result, gaze coding demands a lot of time and is also error prone. The aim of this EFG is to focus on identifying promising research questions, developing research designs and methods for mobile eye-tracking in educational contexts.

This is an Emerging Field Group project funded by the European Association of Learning and Instruction (EARLI).

Staff

Other researchers

Dr Nora McIntyre PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Educational effectiveness
  • Educational technology
  • Innovative research methods: eye-tracking, big data
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