Designing ReduCat: Audio-augmented paper drawings tangible interface in educational intervention for high-functioning autistic children

Andrea Alessandrini; Victor Loux; Cormac Murray; Gabriel Ferreira Serra

doi:10.1145/2930674.2930675

Designing ReduCat: Audio-augmented paper drawings tangible interface in educational intervention for high-functioning autistic children

Andrea Alessandrini, Victor Loux, Cormac Murray, Gabriel Ferreira Serra

Contemporary Art Practice

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Abstract

This paper describes the design of ReduCat, an audioaugmented paper drawings tangible user interface (TUI) system intended to support educational intervention for high-functioning children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The system records audio snippets on standard paper drawings using a tangible user interface that can be shared between the therapist and the child. ReduCat is designed as a tool for the therapist to engage the child in a collaborative storytelling activity. We used a progressive design method based on a dynamic process that merges concept generation, technology benchmarking and activity design into continuously enriching actions. The paper highlights the qualities and benefits of using tangible audioaugmented artefacts in educational intervention for children with ASD. Finally, we reflect on three main qualities of our system: exploring the qualities of children's written and oral narrative; framing children's attention; and supporting therapist appropriation and child differences.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IDC 2016 - The 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	463-472
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450343138
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2930674.2930675
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2016
Event	15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2016 - The Lowry, Media City, Manchester, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Jun 2016 → 24 Jun 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160620192205/http://www.idc2016.org/ (Link to archived conference information)

Conference

Conference	15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2016
Abbreviated title	IDC2016
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Manchester
Period	21/06/16 → 24/06/16
Internet address	https://web.archive.org/web/20160620192205/http://www.idc2016.org/ (Link to archived conference information)

Keywords

Audio-augmented paper
Drawings
High-functioning autism
Interaction design
Prototyping
Tangible user interface

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Human-Computer Interaction

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Alessandrini, A., Loux, V., Murray, C., & Serra, G. F. (2016). Designing ReduCat: Audio-augmented paper drawings tangible interface in educational intervention for high-functioning autistic children. In Proceedings of IDC 2016 - The 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (pp. 463-472). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2930674.2930675

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Designing ReduCat: Audio-augmented paper drawings tangible interface in educational intervention for high-functioning autistic children. / Alessandrini, Andrea; Loux, Victor; Murray, Cormac et al.
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