Experimental development of competitive digital educational games on multi-touch screen for young children

Authors:
Xiaohua Yu;Mian Zhang;Jie Ren;Huifang Zhao;Zhiting Zhu
Affiliations:
Department of Education Information Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai;Department of Education Information Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai;Department of Education Information Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai;Baiyu Xincun Kindergarten, Shanghai;e-Educational System Engineering Research Center, East China Normal University, Shanghai
Venue:
Edutainment'10 Proceedings of the Entertainment for education, and 5th international conference on E-learning and games
Year:
2010

Citing 6
Cited 0

Young children's ability to use a computer mouse

Computers & Education
Principles and applications of multi-touch interaction

Principles and applications of multi-touch interaction
Collaboration and interference: awareness with mice or touch input

Proceedings of the 2008 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Children designing together on a multi-touch tabletop: an analysis of spatial orientation and user interactions

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Emergent Design: Serendipity in Digital Educational Games

VMR '09 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Virtual and Mixed Reality: Held as Part of HCI International 2009
Fundamentals of Game Design

Fundamentals of Game Design

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Multi-touch technology offers us a new opportunity to develop digital educational games (DEGS) for children. Current researches are focusing on the area of cooperative learning, and the devices used are mostly horizontal. Can we develop competitive DEGS for children? How would it look like if these games are shown on vertical screens? Based on these assumptions, we did some experimental development researches. In this paper, the design and implementation of four competitive DEGS are introduced, each of which targeting a specific kind of intelligence (verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical and visual-spatial) based on the theory of multiple intelligences. Tryout was made on some preschool children and the problems encountered are analyzed. The experiences gained in the whole process are summarized in the end.