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Nowadays applications that require the interaction and collaboration of two or more users simultaneously via different devices such as web browsers and mobile phones are becoming more and more frequent in a time where cross-device and cross-play features are demanded by final users, thus, to ensure high quality of those products, software engineers are adopting test automation techniques that can optimize their quality assurance processes. In previous work we presented Kraken 2.0, a publicly available cross-device testing tool that completely reconstructed the Kraken 1.0 architecture and enables a tester to write, run, and validate test scenarios that involve the interaction of web and mobile devices in parallel by implementing test scripts created with the Gherkin syntax. In this paper, we provide more details about the Kraken 2.0 architecture and describe new features such as extraction of GUI snapshots and definition of test scripts in an automation API fashion. • Automated testing for cross-device and cross-platform (web and mobile) scenarios is not well explored yet. • Mobile applications that involve the interaction of two or more users are becoming more common nowadays. • Kraken allows E2E testing across multiple Android and web devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a description and evaluation of Myartspace, a service on mobile phones for inquiry-led learning that allows students to gather information during a school field trip which is automatically sent to a website where they can view, share and present it, back in the classroom or at home. The evaluation focused on three levels: a micro level, concerned with issues of usability; a meso level, which examined educational effectiveness in terms of learning breakthroughs and breakdowns; and a macro level, which looked at the impact of the new technology on school museum visits practice. Issues of implementing mobile learning across school and museum settings are identified and cross-level influences are discussed. The study showed that the service was effective in enabling students to gather information in a museum and this provided resources for effective construction and reflection in the classroom. Minor usability problems did not detract from the learning, however there are significant issues concerning how to structure the visit and on the viability of Myartspace as a regular service. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]