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Informing the design of a virtual environment to support learning in children

✍ Scribed by MIKE SCAIFE; YVONNE ROGERS

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 834 KB
Volume: 55
Category: Article
ISSN: 1071-5819
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.2001.0473

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✦ Synopsis

This paper describes how di!erent kinds of research activities (theory building and application, exploratory and experimental studies, prototyping, user testing) are instrumental for informing the design of virtual environments. We show how general usercentred design methods can be used when dealing with speci"c issues concerned with the properties of virtual environments. To illustrate our approach we describe how we have designed a virtual theatre for young children to support learning through playing. We conclude with a general discussion of the core issues that need to be considered when designing virtual environments.

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