Post on 27-Jan-2015
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Kids’ games and educationalapp designJan Krebber @krebbixuxSenior User Experience Consultant
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• Opportunities• Fundamentals• Interaction design• UX offering• Take home messages
Overview
Opportunities
Mobile phone apps can support physical outdoor activities.
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New ways of learning – the workbook can always be with you.
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New ways of cooperation – dynamic task splitting becomes reality.
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individual alternating
split
merged
vs
Reach students at the geographic and economic edge.
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Logging of learning can help to understand how children learn.
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Fundamentals
Overcome the challenges:
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• Insufficient reading skills• Limited search strategies • Very little patience• Easy information overload• Easy task distraction• Easily working alone
In some areas, cell phones are banned from primary and secondary schools.
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Parents are still needed.
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In-app payment requires child-lock.
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There are various ways to create a child lock.
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a) b)
There are various ways to create a child lock.
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Combine physical activities and mental exercise.
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A draft outcome is fine in mobile context.
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Design for small screen.
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Make it easy to learn and easy to utilisecontent, especially for the teacher.
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Be personal – be different. Be mine.
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Interaction design
Use clear and frequent audio prompts.
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Action triggers on touch-down not on finger lift.
(Vice versa than for adults.)
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Do not cache touch events.
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Be careful with multi-touch.
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Be careful with functionality.
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Show immediate touch feedback.
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Test the application with the target audience.
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UX offering
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You find more UX considerations from our UX libraries.
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Check also “Design Tips for Game Developers”.
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Take home messages
In-app payment requires child-lock.
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Test the application with the target audience.
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Literature and links.
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• Nokia Asha UX libraries, http://developer.nokia.com/resources/library/Asha_UI/index.html
• Design tips for game developers, http://developer.nokia.com/resources/library/Asha_UI/design-tips-for-game-developers.html
• Allison Druin, ed. (2009), Mobile technology for children• Nielsen Norman Group, www.nngroup.com• 4ourth mobile, www.4ourth.com
Thanks to:
- Maaike Beenen - Sanna Hiukka- Petri Kiukkonen- Dirk Figge
Thanks.
Jan Krebberext-jan.krebber@nokia.com@krebbixux