Citation:
Soni, N. and Anthony, L. 2019. HCI Methodologies for Designing Natural User Interactions that Do Not Interfere with Learning. Paper for the “Making the Learning Sciences Count: Impacting Association for Computing Machinery Communities in Human-Computer Interaction” workshop, International Conference of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL’19), Lyon, France, June 17, 2019. [pdf]
Abstract:
“As emerging touchscreen technologies continue to become more prevalent in learning environments such as science museums and schools, there is a need to understand both principles of interaction design and of learning sciences to create effective educational technology. In this paper, we describe how the HCI approaches we employ in our work can be used to design more effective learning experiences, specifically for interactive touchscreen platforms. As members of an interdisciplinary community, we are exploring the interplay between interaction design research and learning. For example, how can we make sure that users’ touch interactions with educational interfaces on these platforms are intuitive, discoverable, and do not interfere with learning outcomes? The “Making the Learning Sciences Count” workshop at CSCL is an ideal setting to share and discuss our evolving understanding at the intersection of interaction design research and learning sciences.”