Playfulness and Openness: Reflections on the Design of Learning Technologies

Emanuela Marchetti; Eva Petersson Brooks

Arts and Technology. Second International Conference, ArtsIT 2011, Esbjerg, Denmark, December 10-11, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

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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

Emanuela Marchetti¹^,*, Eva Petersson Brooks¹^,*

1: Aalborg University

*Contact email: ema@create.aau.dk, ep@create.aau.dk

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.

Keywords: non-formal learning playfulness open-ended design multimodality emergent interaction learning technologies

Published: 2012-10-08

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33329-3_5