What motivates children to play outdoors? Potential applications for interactive digital tools

Cumbo, BJ; Jacobs, BC; Leong, TW; Kanstrup, AM

What motivates children to play outdoors? Potential applications for interactive digital tools

Cumbo, BJ Jacobs, BC

Leong, TW

Kanstrup, AM

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2014, 2014, pp. 168 - 171
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Cumbo, BJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jacobs, BC https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3147-341X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leong, TW https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1021-9001	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kanstrup, AM	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2014, 2014, pp. 168 - 171	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781450306539	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30359
dc.description.abstract	Copyright 2014 ACM. Children (8-12 years) living in urban, western contexts are increasingly spending their free time indoors engaging in digital recreation, rather than outdoor, child-directed play. There is potential for place-specific, digital technology to be designed to motivate children 'off the couch' and outdoors into their local natural places. This paper presents the outcomes of three workshops conducted with eleven children (8-12 years) in Aalborg, Denmark, designed to understand key motivators for outdoor play in children. Children were divided into five design groups. Fictional inquiry and a series of artifacts and triggers were used to communicate the design task to children and inspire a range of relevant designs. Here, we report on the design outcomes of workshops, the motivators for outdoor play, and potential applications for interactive digital technology to inspire more regular, outdoor play experiences in children.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2014	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/2686612.2686637	en_US
dc.title	What motivates children to play outdoors? Potential applications for interactive digital tools	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Sydney
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - ISF - Institute for Sustainable Futures
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

Copyright 2014 ACM. Children (8-12 years) living in urban, western contexts are increasingly spending their free time indoors engaging in digital recreation, rather than outdoor, child-directed play. There is potential for place-specific, digital technology to be designed to motivate children 'off the couch' and outdoors into their local natural places. This paper presents the outcomes of three workshops conducted with eleven children (8-12 years) in Aalborg, Denmark, designed to understand key motivators for outdoor play in children. Children were divided into five design groups. Fictional inquiry and a series of artifacts and triggers were used to communicate the design task to children and inspire a range of relevant designs. Here, we report on the design outcomes of workshops, the motivators for outdoor play, and potential applications for interactive digital technology to inspire more regular, outdoor play experiences in children.

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