designing tangible interfaces for children's collaboration
This paper presents the development of a design concept for an interactive play system and learning tool for children. The concept was illustrated with Ely the Explorer, an accessible and robust multi-user unit, set of tangible tools, and software application, designed for the school environment. This work examines the design of interfaces for co-present collaboration from an interaction design perspective. This paper also presents results from the concept evaluation in a school environment. The results showed that the system supported collaboration and interactivity and that the children enjoyed, and were engaged in the play. This indicates to us that the concept can make a positive contribution to the existing array of learning tools.
children co-present collaboration interaction design tangible user interfaces research-oriented design product design cscl