Case study: The design of CBC4Kids' StoryBuilder

Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 59-68

  Antle, Alissa ^a  

^a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Design methodology; Interactive narrative; Storytelling; User centered design

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

CHILDREN; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DESIGN PRACTICE; INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE; ITERATIVE DESIGN TECHNIQUES; STORYTELLING; TECHNOLOGY-BASED; USER-GENERATED CONTENT;

USER CENTERED DESIGN;

EID: 84908477726     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/953536.953546     Document Type: Conference Paper

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