Towards Utopia: Designing tangibles for learning

Proceedings of IDC 2011 - 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 11-20

  Antle, Alissa N ^a   Wise, Alyssa F ^a   Nielsen, Kristine ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; design; learning; sustainability; sustainability education; tangible computing; tangible user interfaces

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; LEARNING; SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION; TANGIBLE COMPUTING; TANGIBLE USER INTERFACES;

LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; USER INTERFACES;

DESIGN;

EID: 79960286698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1999030.1999032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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