ASHA Learning Pass

Each year, parents and educators download hundreds of millions of educational apps. However, there is limited research on the efficacy of these apps. This course covers how school-based SLPs are incorporating these apps in their intervention sessions as well as the need for a tool to critically evaluate apps used in educational settings. Speakers discuss the creation of a novel rubric for rating instructional quality of apps and present data on the validity and reliability of the rubric, as well as reflections from SLPs and preschool teachers involved in the validation process. 

This course is a recorded session from the 2023 ASHA Convention in Boston (session 2005).

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Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Discuss current research on educational apps for school-based speech-language intervention
• Distinguish which qualities SLPs and educators view as most important for selecting educational apps to use with clients
• Evaluate characteristics of educational apps for children with communication disorders using the Rubric for the Evaluation of Apps for Learning

Presenter Information

Dr. Olszewski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is also director of the graduate program in speech-language pathology. His research focuses on identifying barriers to literacy acquisition in young children and developing interventions to promote language and literacy.

Financial Disclosures:

• None

Nonfinancial Disclosures:

• We developed the Rubric for Evaluation of Apps for Learning, which we are discussing in the presentation. The rubric is publicly available for free.

Melanie Weber is a second-year graduate student pursuing her Master of Arts in Speech Pathology. Areas interest include early intervention, swallowing therapy, and early literacy.

Financial Disclosures:

• None

Nonfinancial Disclosures:

• We developed the Rubric for Evaluation of Apps for Learning, which we are discussing in the presentation. The rubric is publicly available for free.

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete the learning assessment by the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Content origination date: November 2023
End date: February 10, 2030

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Professional area).