A learner-centred design approach to developing a visual language for interactive storytelling

Proceedings of the 6th international Conference on Interaction Design And Children, IDC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 45-52

  Howland, Katherine ^a   Good, Judith ^a   Robertson, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer game design; Interactive storytelling; Learner centred design with children; Visual programming languages

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUAL SERVOING;

INTERACTIVE STORIES; INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING; LEARNER-CENTRED DESIGN (LCD); VISUAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE (VPL);

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 41149106484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1297277.1297286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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