Design of an instrument for the evaluation of communication technologies with children

Proceedings of IDC2010: The 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 266-269

  Yarosh, Svetlana ^a   Markopoulos, Panos ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Communication technologies; Survey design

Indexed keywords

BENEFITS AND COSTS; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; ITERATIVE DESIGN; SURVEY DESIGN; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS;

COMMUNICATION; INSTRUMENT TESTING; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY;

DESIGN;

EID: 77954938149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1810543.1810587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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