2021
Dao-Kroeker, Zoe Minh-Tam, Kitson, Alexandra, Antle, Alissa N., Murai, Yumiko, Adibi, Azadeh
Designing Biotech Ethics Cards: Promoting Critical Making During an Online Workshop with Youth Proceedings Article
In: Interaction Design and Children, pp. 450–455, Association for Computing Machinery, Athens, Greece, 2021, ISBN: 9781450384520.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Biowearables, computer ethics, Critical making, Design cards, design ethics, reflection, youth
@inproceedings{10.1145/3459990.3465182,
title = {Designing Biotech Ethics Cards: Promoting Critical Making During an Online Workshop with Youth},
author = {Zoe Minh-Tam Dao-Kroeker and Alexandra Kitson and Alissa N. Antle and Yumiko Murai and Azadeh Adibi},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3459990.3465182},
doi = {10.1145/3459990.3465182},
isbn = {9781450384520},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
booktitle = {Interaction Design and Children},
pages = {450–455},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {Athens, Greece},
series = {IDC '21},
abstract = {There are ethical concerns surrounding how youth interact with biowearable technology and the potential effects it has on their psychological and physiological health. We need to give youth the tools to critically reflect and explore ethical issues surrounding biowearables in order for them to make informed decisions about how they interact with them. To address this, we developed the Biotech Ethics cards as part of a critical making workshop. They are a set of design cards designed to scaffold critical reflection during a critical making workshop where youth prototype a biowearable from a kit. We focus this short paper on the requirements, initial design and revisions we made after studying card use in our workshop. We identified key design elements that are important in the cards and that may generalize to the design of other card sets meant to be integrated into a critical making process.},
keywords = {Biowearables, computer ethics, Critical making, Design cards, design ethics, reflection, youth},
pubstate = {published},
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There are ethical concerns surrounding how youth interact with biowearable technology and the potential effects it has on their psychological and physiological health. We need to give youth the tools to critically reflect and explore ethical issues surrounding biowearables in order for them to make informed decisions about how they interact with them. To address this, we developed the Biotech Ethics cards as part of a critical making workshop. They are a set of design cards designed to scaffold critical reflection during a critical making workshop where youth prototype a biowearable from a kit. We focus this short paper on the requirements, initial design and revisions we made after studying card use in our workshop. We identified key design elements that are important in the cards and that may generalize to the design of other card sets meant to be integrated into a critical making process.
2014
Deng, Ying, Antle, Alissa N., Neustaedter, Carman
Tango Cards: A Card-Based Design Tool for Informing the Design of Tangible Learning Games Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, pp. 695–704, Association for Computing Machinery, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2014, ISBN: 9781450329026.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design cards, design practice, design tools, educational games, tangible learning games, Tangible User Interfaces
@inproceedings{10.1145/2598510.2598601,
title = {Tango Cards: A Card-Based Design Tool for Informing the Design of Tangible Learning Games},
author = {Ying Deng and Alissa N. Antle and Carman Neustaedter},
url = {https://doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1145/2598510.2598601},
doi = {10.1145/2598510.2598601},
isbn = {9781450329026},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems},
pages = {695–704},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {Vancouver, BC, Canada},
series = {DIS '14},
abstract = {For over thirty years researchers have suggested that both tangible user interfaces and digital games have potential to support learning. Each domain now has a well-developed body of literature about how to design them to enable learning benefits. What is needed is a way to bring this knowledge, which is often lengthy, dense, and jargon laden to design practice. To address this need, we designed Tango Cards--a card-based design tool. In this paper we report on the design and evaluation of the cards. We found that Tango Cards enabled a variety of uses that made design knowledge about tangible learning games accessible to designers. We identify and discuss how specific card features support or limit use by designers. We draw on our findings to set forth design considerations that may support others to create design tools (card-based or alike) that make academic design knowledge accessible to designers.},
keywords = {Design cards, design practice, design tools, educational games, tangible learning games, Tangible User Interfaces},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
For over thirty years researchers have suggested that both tangible user interfaces and digital games have potential to support learning. Each domain now has a well-developed body of literature about how to design them to enable learning benefits. What is needed is a way to bring this knowledge, which is often lengthy, dense, and jargon laden to design practice. To address this need, we designed Tango Cards--a card-based design tool. In this paper we report on the design and evaluation of the cards. We found that Tango Cards enabled a variety of uses that made design knowledge about tangible learning games accessible to designers. We identify and discuss how specific card features support or limit use by designers. We draw on our findings to set forth design considerations that may support others to create design tools (card-based or alike) that make academic design knowledge accessible to designers.
2011
Bekker, Tilde, Antle, Alissa N.
Developmentally Situated Design (DSD): Making Theoretical Knowledge Accessible to Designers of Children's Technology Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 2531–2540, Association for Computing Machinery, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011, ISBN: 9781450302289.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: child development, Child-Computer Interaction, Design cards, design methods, design tools, dsd, interaction design
@inproceedings{10.1145/1978942.1979312,
title = {Developmentally Situated Design (DSD): Making Theoretical Knowledge Accessible to Designers of Children's Technology},
author = {Tilde Bekker and Alissa N. Antle},
url = {https://doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1145/1978942.1979312},
doi = {10.1145/1978942.1979312},
isbn = {9781450302289},
year = {2011},
date = {2011-01-01},
urldate = {2011-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
pages = {2531–2540},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {Vancouver, BC, Canada},
series = {CHI '11},
abstract = {There is a wealth of theoretical knowledge about the developmental abilities and skills of children. However, this knowledge is not readily accessible to designers of interactive products. In this paper, we present the requirements, design and evaluation of developmentally situated design (DSD) cards. DSD cards are a design tool that makes age specific information about children's developing cognitive, physical, social, and emotional abilities readily accessible for designers. Initial requirements were elicited through interviews with design practitioners and students. The cards were evaluated through a design-in-use study in which design students used the cards to address three different design problems. Our analysis of observational notes and post-design interviews revealed how the cards' characteristics enabled different kinds of uses including framing, orienting, inspiring, informing, integrating and constraining. We conclude with a discussion of possible refinements and an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of our approach.},
keywords = {child development, Child-Computer Interaction, Design cards, design methods, design tools, dsd, interaction design},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
There is a wealth of theoretical knowledge about the developmental abilities and skills of children. However, this knowledge is not readily accessible to designers of interactive products. In this paper, we present the requirements, design and evaluation of developmentally situated design (DSD) cards. DSD cards are a design tool that makes age specific information about children's developing cognitive, physical, social, and emotional abilities readily accessible for designers. Initial requirements were elicited through interviews with design practitioners and students. The cards were evaluated through a design-in-use study in which design students used the cards to address three different design problems. Our analysis of observational notes and post-design interviews revealed how the cards' characteristics enabled different kinds of uses including framing, orienting, inspiring, informing, integrating and constraining. We conclude with a discussion of possible refinements and an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of our approach.