Designing digital media for teen-aged apprentices: a participatory approach

  • Authors:
  • Eva-Sophie Katterfeldt;Anja Zeising;Heidi Schelhowe

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany;University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany;University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In this paper, we present results from the ongoing research project expertAzubi that seeks to foster the learning experiences from teen-aged children in work context by providing a Web 2.0 platform, in which they can collaborate and build a community. This target group grew up as so-called "Digital Natives". Due to a lack of established concepts how to involve teenagers in the development process of the platform, we chose several methods mainly known from user-centered design processes with children and adults. We report on our results from applying the methods in an exploratory fashion using six focus group workshops and drawing conclusions on their applicability for the target group of teen-aged Digital Natives.