Mobile collaboration for young children

  • Authors:
  • Jerry Alan Fails

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Interaction design and children
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Social interaction and collaboration are essential to the emotional and cognitive development of young children [40]. Constructionism [32] is a learning theory where children learn as they build or construct a public artifact. Creative activities that promote collaboration, especially those based on principles of constructionism, provide enhanced learning opportunities for young children. Mobile devices can support the learning experience as children can create artifacts in various contexts. The proposed research incorporates collaboration, constructionism, children, stories and mobile technologies; specifically investigating developmentally appropriate interfaces to support mobile collaboration for young children.