HCID2014 How to involve children in the design process
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How to involve children in the design process Monica Ferraro @londrareale @playhows
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Monica Ferraro User Experience Researcher City University London Playhows UXPA UK Secretary @londrareale @playhows @UXPAUK
About me
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• Overview of the case study • Methodology – Cooperative Inquiry • Design Session • Techniques used • Lessons learned • Why involve children
Overview
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Design an iPad application for children to help them learn the name and sound of the letters, and how to spell and read simple words.
Overview of the case study
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Coopera7ve Inquiry
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Coopera7ve Inquiry
The four roles that children may have in the design of new technology Source: Druin, A. 2002. The Role of Children in the Design of New Technology. Behaviour and Informa0on Technology, 21(1), pp. 1-‐25.
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Games session: Children as informant
Goals • observe the users’ hands movements • capture the details of what they do • Explore which game and ac7vity were more interes7ng and challenging
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Design session: Children as design partners
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Design session: Children as design partners
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Ben10 guessed the leHers, and they went straight into his head.
The Spanish ballerina learned the leLers with the teacher, whiteboard and songs.
Design session: Children as design partners
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Peppa Pig learned the leHers with a clown.
The pumpkin ate fire from his tummy.
Design session: Children as design partners
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Design session: design ideas on A3 paper – Mixing ideas
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Design session: low-‐fidelity prototype
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Design session: low-‐fidelity prototype
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Design session: low-‐fidelity prototype
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Techniques used
• To give them importance • Purpose of the session • What design is – What an application is • “Inventors of technology”
• To generate design ideas • Dressing up • Mixing ideas
• To build a low-fidelity prototype • Colour pens and papers • Lego and Playmobil figures • Stickers • Carton board iPad
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Lessons learned
• Have clear goals in mind • Be organised and open minded • Organise lots of short tasks and activities • Try to work with children of the same age • Make the children feel important • Thank and reward the children • Keep in touch with the children, the school and parents for future collaborations
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Why involve children?
They are users!
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Why involve children?
Source: HCIL hLp://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/pubs/screenshots/Children_Design/
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Why involving the children
• To give them a voice in design • To give them power • To come up with more ideas that we ever would without children • They offer honest feedback • Adults are experts in their own field – Children are expert in being children!!!
Thank you!
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@londrareale @playhows