2006
Alissa Nicole Antle. 2006. Child-Personas: Fact or Fiction? Proceedings Article . In Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS '06 Association for Computing Machinery, University Park, PA, USA, 22–30, .
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: children, interaction design, personas, user abstraction, user-centred design
@inproceedings{10.1145/1142405.1142411,
title = {Child-Personas: Fact or Fiction?},
author = {Alissa Nicole Antle},
url = {https://doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1145/1142405.1142411},
doi = {10.1145/1142405.1142411},
isbn = {1595933670},
year = {2006},
date = {2006-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Designing Interactive Systems},
pages = {22–30},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {University Park, PA, USA},
series = {DIS '06},
abstract = {This paper introduces a practice-based, child-centric method of creating child-user archetypes which extends adult-based persona theory to interaction design with children. Persona construction can help interaction designers better understand real child-users and result in rich child-user archetypes which are developmentally situated and contextually valid. Key differences between adult-personas and child-personas are highlighted. A description of an online mentoring application created for CBC4Kids.ca illustrates the value of child-personas in design practice.},
keywords = {children, interaction design, personas, user abstraction, user-centred design},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
This paper introduces a practice-based, child-centric method of creating child-user archetypes which extends adult-based persona theory to interaction design with children. Persona construction can help interaction designers better understand real child-users and result in rich child-user archetypes which are developmentally situated and contextually valid. Key differences between adult-personas and child-personas are highlighted. A description of an online mentoring application created for CBC4Kids.ca illustrates the value of child-personas in design practice.