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posted on 2023-06-09, 15:12 authored by Emeline BruleEmeline Brule, Gilles Bailly, Anke Brock, Frédéric Valentin, Grégoire Denis, Christophe JouffraisWe report on the design process leading to the creation of MapSense, a multi-sensory interactive map for visually impaired children. We conducted a formative study in a specialized institute to understand children’s educational needs, their context of care and their preferences regarding interactive technologies. The findings (1) outline the needs for tools and methods to help children to acquire spatial skills and (2) provide four design guidelines for educational assistive technologies. Based on these findings and an iterative process, we designed and deployed MapSense in the institute during two days. It enables collaborations between children with a broad range of impairments, proposes reflective and ludic scenarios and allows caretakers to customize it as they wish. A field experiment reveals that both children and caretakers considered the system successful and empowering.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Accepted version
Journal
Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPublisher
ACMExternal DOI
Page range
445-457Event name
CHI'16 - 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsEvent location
San Jose, California, USAEvent type
conferenceEvent date
May 07-12, 2016Place of publication
New York, NY, United StatesISBN
9781450333627Department affiliated with
- Engineering and Design Publications
Research groups affiliated with
- Creative Technology Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes