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“The concept of learning goals will always be in my head” - Aligning and Applying Learning Goals in Participatory Design in a School Context

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Olof TorgerssonAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '21: Proceedings of the 20th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference

Pages 153 - 159

https://doi.org/10.1145/3459990.3460705

Published: 24 June 2021 Publication History

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In this paper, we explore applying learning goals in participatory design (PD) practice as an approach to mutual learning in a school context. The paper is based on experiences from master students in interaction design, who were instructed to define learning goals for children participating in PD activities that they organized in a school context. Based on the results of this study, we suggest a number of strategies for aligning and applying learning goals in PD in school contexts in practice: Debrief the results from the children’s reflections with the teachers, Scalability in regard to time and context, Adjust to age, Collaborate with the teacher to define specific learning goals, Formulate learning gains for the teachers, and Develop support materials.

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Lowy RMagiawala KMittal SHall KRoberts JKim J(2024)Research-Education Partnerships: A Co-Design Classroom for College Students with Intellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/36870508:CSCW2(1-26)Online publication date: 8-Nov-2024
https://doi.org/10.1145/3687050
Bosch NHärkki TSeitamaa-Hakkarainen P(2024)Teachers as reflective learning experience designers: Bringing design thinking into school-based design and maker educationInternational Journal of Child-Computer Interaction10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100695(100695)Online publication date: Oct-2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100695
Schaper MTamashiro MVan Mechelen MIversen OEriksson E(2024)Onboarding new talent to Child–Computer Interaction researchInternational Journal of Child-Computer Interaction10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.10065540:COnline publication date: 1-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100655

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