Families and mobile devices in museums: designing for integrated experiences
This paper presents an observational study of eight families engaging with a bespoke tablet experience produced for a space science centre. It documents the various ways in which family members orientate themselves to the usage of technology in this environment, with a particular focus on the work d...
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| author | Rennick-Egglestone, Stefan Brundell, Patrick Koleva, Boriana Roussou, Maria Chaffardon, Christophe Benford, Steve |
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| description | This paper presents an observational study of eight families engaging with a bespoke tablet experience produced for a space science centre. It documents the various ways in which family members orientate themselves to the usage of technology in this environment, with a particular focus on the work done to manage the tablet and facilitate the engagement of younger children with the narrative of the experience. These findings are considered in the broader context of the need to design experiences that cater for engagement by families as a whole. We conclude by motivating the need for technologies that are robust in light of regular disengagement and by family members, and which provide functionality to directly support facilitation work. |
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| spelling | nottingham-320722020-05-04T20:02:51Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32072/ Families and mobile devices in museums: designing for integrated experiences Rennick-Egglestone, Stefan Brundell, Patrick Koleva, Boriana Roussou, Maria Chaffardon, Christophe Benford, Steve This paper presents an observational study of eight families engaging with a bespoke tablet experience produced for a space science centre. It documents the various ways in which family members orientate themselves to the usage of technology in this environment, with a particular focus on the work done to manage the tablet and facilitate the engagement of younger children with the narrative of the experience. These findings are considered in the broader context of the need to design experiences that cater for engagement by families as a whole. We conclude by motivating the need for technologies that are robust in light of regular disengagement and by family members, and which provide functionality to directly support facilitation work. ACM 2016-05 Article PeerReviewed Rennick-Egglestone, Stefan, Brundell, Patrick, Koleva, Boriana, Roussou, Maria, Chaffardon, Christophe and Benford, Steve (2016) Families and mobile devices in museums: designing for integrated experiences. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 9 (2). 11/1-11/13. ISSN 1556-4673 Mobile experience design museum studies facilitation work http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2891416 doi:10.1145/2891416 doi:10.1145/2891416 |
| spellingShingle | Mobile experience design museum studies facilitation work Rennick-Egglestone, Stefan Brundell, Patrick Koleva, Boriana Roussou, Maria Chaffardon, Christophe Benford, Steve Families and mobile devices in museums: designing for integrated experiences |
| title | Families and mobile devices in museums: designing for integrated experiences |
| title_full | Families and mobile devices in museums: designing for integrated experiences |
| title_fullStr | Families and mobile devices in museums: designing for integrated experiences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Families and mobile devices in museums: designing for integrated experiences |
| title_short | Families and mobile devices in museums: designing for integrated experiences |
| title_sort | families and mobile devices in museums: designing for integrated experiences |
| topic | Mobile experience design museum studies facilitation work |
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