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

TY - GEN

T1 - Designing ReduCat

T2 - 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2016

AU - Alessandrini, Andrea

AU - Loux, Victor

AU - Murray, Cormac

AU - Serra, Gabriel Ferreira

PY - 2016/6/21

Y1 - 2016/6/21

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Audio-augmented paper

KW - Drawings

KW - High-functioning autism

KW - Interaction design

KW - Prototyping

KW - Tangible user interface

UR - https://web.archive.org/web/20160615051916/http://www.idc2016.org:80/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/idc2016-preliminary-schedule-updated-May-31st1.pdf

UR - https://web.archive.org/web/20160620192205/http://www.idc2016.org/

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84985898018

U2 - 10.1145/2930674.2930675

DO - 10.1145/2930674.2930675

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:84985898018

SP - 463

EP - 472

BT - Proceedings of IDC 2016 - The 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

Y2 - 21 June 2016 through 24 June 2016

ER -