"Playing with" museum exhibits: designing educational games mediated by mobile technology

Authors:
Nikoleta Yiannoutsou;Ioanna Papadimitriou;Vassilis Komis;Nikolaos Avouris
Affiliations:
University of Patras Campus, Rion, Achaia, Greece;University of Patras Campus, Rion, Achaia, Greece;University of Patras Campus, Rion, Achaia, Greece;University of Patras Campus, Rion, Achaia, Greece
Venue:
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Year:
2009

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe two educational games mediated by mobile technology which were designed for use in the context of a traditional historical museum by young children. Our analysis focuses on the principles of the educational design, on the use of mobile technology and on the envisaged interaction between the exhibits and the children. The main argument of the paper is that mobile technology can support the play with the exhibits of a museum -instead of just viewing them in the more traditional way--and in this context the spectrum of children interaction with the exhibits can be broadened and enriched.