Spot the Difference
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Know your Audience!
Experienced researchersExperienced researchers doing work with childrenExperience in HCIMotivation…
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I like my little sister; there is really just one hitch,
I think my little sister has become a little witch.
Brian Patten – The Trouble with my Sister
Objectives
• Describe ways in which children are the same as adults
• Describe ways in which children differ from adults
How HCI is changing….
• Cleverer technology• More technology saturation• Better informed researchers
Seductive interfacesDesigning for Children and old
peopleThe place of FunNon- goal driven applications
What is HCI?
The discipline concerned with the design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive computer systems for human use and with the study of the major phenomena surrounding them. ACM SigChi (1992)
…the similarities
• Same senses• Same limbs• Same control mechanisms• Same language (just not as well
developed)• Same feelings (but probably more
fragile)
Models of Children
• The child as a learner• The child as a developing
human• The child as a user• The child as a player
Children as Learners
• Children have more to learn• Children learn more easily• Children are ‘into’ learning• Children are ‘into’ not
understanding• Children’s models are
incomplete
Children as Developers
• Children age quicker• Brain still being a) built, b)
connected• Positive rather than negative
development!• Physically gain control rather than
lose control• Used to finding things that they
cannot do
Children as Users
• Different motivations, more discretion
• Rarely ‘made’ to use products• More likely to use products by
choice• Expect more? Magic?
Children as Players
• Quite similar here• Children find play very natural• Play is essential for children• High levels of imagination
Who can inform us?
• Cognitive Scientists• Psychologists• Educationalists• Developmentalists• Designers
What do I know?
• I was a child once• I had siblings• I had children• I taught children• I did voluntary work with children• I read about children• I tried to understand children