TY - GEN
T1 - Designing interfaces for children with motor impairments
T2 - 29th International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, SCCC 2010
AU - Bonilla, Marcela
AU - Marichal, Sebastián
AU - Armagno, Gustavo
AU - Laurenzo, Tomás
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to convey the results of a user-oriented interaction design process based upon an ethnographic study developed in a school for motor-impaired children. Being this school part of the Uruguayan instance of the One Laptop Per Child program, we focused the research in how the children interact with the laptops provided by the program. Participant observation, interviews and questionnaires allowed for the conception of a multimodal interaction framework aiming to improve accessibility and enhance the autonomy of the school's children. Within this work, a working prototype was developed, demonstrating the feasibility and usefulness of the proposed interaction schema. We expect this experience of conducting an ethnographic research to serve as a case study for user interface designers and human-computer interaction researchers interested in designing interaction for children in similar contexts. © 2010 IEEE.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to convey the results of a user-oriented interaction design process based upon an ethnographic study developed in a school for motor-impaired children. Being this school part of the Uruguayan instance of the One Laptop Per Child program, we focused the research in how the children interact with the laptops provided by the program. Participant observation, interviews and questionnaires allowed for the conception of a multimodal interaction framework aiming to improve accessibility and enhance the autonomy of the school's children. Within this work, a working prototype was developed, demonstrating the feasibility and usefulness of the proposed interaction schema. We expect this experience of conducting an ethnographic research to serve as a case study for user interface designers and human-computer interaction researchers interested in designing interaction for children in similar contexts. © 2010 IEEE.
KW - Accessibility to motor impaired children
KW - assistive technology
KW - ethnography in HCI
KW - multimodal interaction
KW - tangible interaction
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U2 - 10.1109/SCCC.2010.34
DO - 10.1109/SCCC.2010.34
M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
SN - 9780769544007
SP - 246
EP - 251
BT - Proceedings - International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, SCCC
Y2 - 15 November 2010 through 19 November 2010
ER -