Playfulness and Openness: Reflections on the Design of Learning Technologies

Emanuela Marchetti; Eva Petersson

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33329-3_5

Playfulness and Openness: Reflections on the Design of Learning Technologies

Emanuela Marchetti, Eva Petersson

Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Arts and Technology : Second International Conference, ArtsIT 2011, Esbjerg, Denmark, December 10-11, 2011, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Anthony L. Brooks
Publisher	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date	2012
Pages	38-45
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-33328-6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-33329-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33329-3_5
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	ArtsIT - Esbjerg, Denmark Duration: 7 Dec 2011 → 9 Dec 2011 Conference number: 2

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Conference	ArtsIT
Number	2
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Esbjerg
Period	07/12/2011 → 09/12/2011

Series	Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (LNICST)
Volume	101
ISSN	1867-8211

Keywords

non-formal learning
playfulness
open ended design
Multimodality
emergent interaction
leaarning technologies

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Marchetti, Emanuela ; Petersson, Eva. / Playfulness and Openness : Reflections on the Design of Learning Technologies. Arts and Technology: Second International Conference, ArtsIT 2011, Esbjerg, Denmark, December 10-11, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Anthony L. Brooks. Springer Publishing Company, 2012. pp. 38-45 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (LNICST), Vol. 101).

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Playfulness and Openness: Reflections on the Design of Learning Technologies. / Marchetti, Emanuela; Petersson, Eva.
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Marchetti E, Petersson E. Playfulness and Openness: Reflections on the Design of Learning Technologies. In Brooks AL, editor, Arts and Technology: Second International Conference, ArtsIT 2011, Esbjerg, Denmark, December 10-11, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Publishing Company. 2012. p. 38-45. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (LNICST), Vol. 101). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-33329-3_5

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