Research Article
Playfulness and Openness: Reflections on the Design of Learning Technologies
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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-33329-3_5, author={Emanuela Marchetti and Eva Petersson Brooks}, title={Playfulness and Openness: Reflections on the Design of Learning Technologies}, proceedings={Arts and Technology. Second International Conference, ArtsIT 2011, Esbjerg, Denmark, December 10-11, 2011, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={ARTSIT}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={non-formal learning playfulness open-ended design multimodality emergent interaction learning technologies}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-33329-3_5} }- Emanuela Marchetti
Eva Petersson Brooks
Year: 2012
Playfulness and Openness: Reflections on the Design of Learning Technologies
ARTSIT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33329-3_5
Abstract
What does it mean to design a playful learning tool? What is needed for a learning tool to be perceived by potential users as playful? These questions emerged reflecting on a Participatory Design process aimed at enhancing museum-learning practice from the perspective of primary school children. Different forms of emergent interactions were evident, both during museum visits and while testing a low-fidelity prototype. Deeper reflections on the meaning of enhancing learning through play from a user’s individual perspective was assessed. In this respect, openness and multimodality were evaluated intertwined with design of playful learning tools to enrich non-formal learning and to allow support for individual needs.
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