TY - GEN
T1 - Developing a media space for remote synchronous parent-child interaction
AU - Yarosh, Svetlana
AU - Cuzzort, Stephen
AU - Müller, Hendrik
AU - Abowd, Gregory D.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - While supporting family communication has traditionally been a domain of interest for interaction designers, few research initiatives have explicitly investigated remote synchronous communication between children and parents. We discuss the design of the ShareTable, a media space that supports synchronous interaction with children by augmenting videoconferencing with a camera-projector system to allow for shared viewing of physical artifacts. We present an exploratory evaluation of this system, highlighting how such a media space may be used by families for learning and play activities. The ShareTable was positively received by our participants and preferred over standard videoconferencing. Informed by the results of our exploratory evaluation, we discuss the next design iteration of the ShareTable and directions for future investigations in this area.
AB - While supporting family communication has traditionally been a domain of interest for interaction designers, few research initiatives have explicitly investigated remote synchronous communication between children and parents. We discuss the design of the ShareTable, a media space that supports synchronous interaction with children by augmenting videoconferencing with a camera-projector system to allow for shared viewing of physical artifacts. We present an exploratory evaluation of this system, highlighting how such a media space may be used by families for learning and play activities. The ShareTable was positively received by our participants and preferred over standard videoconferencing. Informed by the results of our exploratory evaluation, we discuss the next design iteration of the ShareTable and directions for future investigations in this area.
KW - Computer-mediated communication
KW - Distributed families
KW - Media space
KW - Parents and children
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U2 - 10.1145/1551788.1551806
DO - 10.1145/1551788.1551806
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70450245477
SN - 9781605583952
T3 - Proceedings of IDC 2009 - The 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
SP - 97
EP - 102
BT - Proceedings of IDC 2009 - The 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
T2 - 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2009
Y2 - 3 June 2009 through 5 June 2009
ER -