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Ambient wood: Designing new forms of digital augmentation for learning outdoors

Muller, H; O'Malley, C; Stanton, D; Thompson, M; Weal, M; (2004) Ambient wood: Designing new forms of digital augmentation for learning outdoors. In: IDC '04: Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Interaction design and children: building a community. (pp. pp. 3-10). ACM: New York, NY, USA. Green open access

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Abstract

Ubiquitous and mobile technologies provide opportunities for designing novel learning experiences that move out of the classroom. Information can be presented and interacted with in a variety of ways while exploring a physical environment. A key issue this raises is when, where, what and how much? Our research is concerned with the design, delivery and interaction of digital information when learning about ecology outdoors. We present a framework of the different forms of digital augmentation and the different processes by which they can be accessed. Using the framework, we designed an outdoors learning experience, aimed at encouraging students to carry out contextualized scientific enquiry and to reflect on their interactions. Pairs of 11-12 year olds explored a woodland and were presented at certain times with different forms of digital augmentation. Our study showed that this kind of exploration promoted interpretation and reflection at a number of levels of abstraction.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Ambient wood: Designing new forms of digital augmentation for learning outdoors
Event: IDC04: Interaction Design and Children
ISBN-13: 978-1-58113-791-0
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1145/1017833.1017834
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1145/1017833.1017834
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1324201
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