Abstract
Tangible user interfaces create a novel collaborative environment for children to interact with physical objects with augmented computing technology jointly. However, most previous studies only did short-term experiments. Moreover, we still need to examine the actual effects of tangible tools on children's collaboration. Thus, we designed, developed, and evaluated a tangible collaborative tool called SpellBoard. We conducted user studies for two weeks to see the actual effects. We dug out three key findings: 1) Interactive constraints can be specially designed to allow children to coordinate their collaborative actions; 2) From an actual usage effect, we need to redesign SpellBoard to consider children's cognitive engagement and interdependency in collaborative activities; 3) Children need time to understand the tangible design fully. Thus, we need a frame-work to add new learning content to sustain their engagements. Our findings could improve the future tangible design and make it have a good long-term impact on children's collaborative learning.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Faculties: | Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics > Computer Science |
Subjects: | 000 Computer science, information and general works > 004 Data processing computer science |
Place of Publication: | Piscataway, NJ, USA |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 110220 |
Date Deposited: | 18. Apr 2024, 13:23 |
Last Modified: | 18. Apr 2024, 13:23 |