The effect of tangible interfaces on children's collaborative behaviour

Stanton, D.; Bayon, V.; Abnett, C.; Cobb, S.; O'Malley, C.

Abstract

The physical nature of the classroom means that children are continually divided into small groups. The present study examined collaboration on a story creation task using technologies believed to encourage and support collaborative behaviour. Four children used tangible technologies over three sessions. The technology consisted of a large visual display in which they could input content (using Personal Digital Assistants (Pda) and a scanner), record sounds (using RF-ID tags) and navigate around the environment using an arrangement of sensors called 'the magic carpet'. The children could then retell their story using bar-coded images and sounds. The three sessions were video recorded and analysed. Results indicate the importance of immediate feedback and visibility of action for effective collaboration to take place.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems; Minneapolis, MN; United States
• Publication Date: 2002
• Deposit Date: Aug 15, 2018
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Pages: 820-821
• Book Title: CHI'02 Human Factors in Computing Systems
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1144710
• Publisher URL: https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=503376&picked=prox