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Involving children in the software design and development processes (using e.g., the user centered and the participatory design methodologies) is nowadays considered a key factor to obtain an accessible and usable technology enhanced learning system; but how children have to be efficiently involved is still an open question. In this paper we report the experience of a FP7-ICT European project, TERENCE, aimed at developing a system for improving text comprehension in children 7-11 years old. Our experience suggests to extend the repertoire of inquiry techniques with a new one able to harmonize two conflicting requirements of real projects: many children to involve vs project strict timing.
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di Mascio, T., Melonio, A., Tarantino, L., Vittorini, P. (2014). Many Children and Short Project Timing: How TERENCE Harmonized These Conflicting Requirements. In: Mascio, T., Gennari, R., Vitorini, P., Vicari, R., de la Prieta, F. (eds) Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 292. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07698-0_9
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