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The Role of Children in the Design of New Technology

Overview

An overview of the expanding role of the user, in this case, children, in the technology design process, from the limited role of user, through tester, informant and finally, a design partner. Each role includes the previous one and expand on it.

Resource Type (choose one category that best describes this Resource. Delete the rest)

• Papers and Reports

Intended Audience (Select all intended audiences for this Resource - choose one or more, delete the rest)

• Researchers
• Teachers/Educators

Topic Area (Select the general topic area for this Resource- choose sa many as apply, delete the rest. Add new if rel

• Technology Studies
• Research
• Teaching

Author(s)

Alison Druin

University of Maryland

Institute for Advanced Computer STudies, Human-Computer Interaction Lab

College of Education, Human Development Department 

Copyright Status (choose one - add a new one if needed)

• Material is in public domain

Keywords/Tags

children, design techniques, participatory design, evaluation, educational applications

Link to resource (add a URL to a resource, demo, etc)

ftp://ftp.cs.umd.edu/pub/hcil/Reports-Abstracts-Bibliography/99-23html/99-23.html

Paper citation. Use this only if the resource is of type "paper or citation" - add the proper citation (preferably in APA format)

Druin, A. (2002). The role of children in the design of new technology. Behaviour and Information Technology, 21(1), 1-25.

Review and Wiki

• Paper describes historical role and evolution of involving children in the design process of educational technologies