Evaluation of tangible user interfaces (TUIs) for and with children: methods and challenges

Authors:
Diana Xu;Janet C. Read;Emanuela Mazzone;Stuart MacFarlane;Martin Brown
Affiliations:
Department of Computing, University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, Preston, UK;Department of Computing, University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, Preston, UK;Department of Computing, University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, Preston, UK;Independent Consultant;Department of Computing, University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, Preston, UK
Venue:
HCI'07 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: interaction platforms and techniques
Year:
2007

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Abstract

In recent years, creating alternative computer environments, especially Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) for children, has become increasingly popular. However, up till now, the evaluation of tangible technologies has been rather scarce. This paper focuses on evaluating children's technologies that go beyond the desktop computer. A qualitative case study on our TUI prototype will be presented by using selected methods: Think Aloud (TA), Peer Tutoring (PT) and Drawing Intervention (DI). We found some limitations to the methods and there were lessons that were learnt when the evaluation studies were carried out with children. The research will contribute to the paradigms, such as the design and evaluation of 'the disappearing computer' and 'tangible computing'.