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Research Philosophies
“Where do I fit?”Research Philosophies
“Where do I fit?”
Jerry Alan FailsUniversity of Maryland
Human-Computer Interaction Lab
About MeAbout Me
PhD CS Candidate at UMD / HCIL– Advisor: Dr. Allison Druin– Worked with Kidsteam for four years– Thesis: Mobile Collaboration for Young
Children
MS (2003) & BS (2001) CS at BYU– Thesis advisor Dr. Dan Olsen Jr.– Thesis: Image Processing with Crayons
Qualitative Evaluation
QuantitativeEvaluation
ChildrenDesign
Technology
Current ApproachCurrent Approach
Children (including learning theories)
– Constructionism (Papert, 1980; Papert and Harel, 1991)
– In situ learning (Lave and Wenger, 1991)
Design– Cooperative Inquiry– Participatory design
Technology (open to various types)
Evaluation– Qualitative– Quantitative– Mixed methods
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Design ApproachDesign Approach
Kidsteam
Cooperative Inquiry (Druin, CHI 1999; Guha et al., IDC 2004)
Technology/SystemsTechnology/Systems
Research Group– Hazard Room Game (Fails et al., IDC 2005)
– Tangible Flags (Chipman et al., IDC 2006)
– Mobile Stories (Fails, IDC 2007)
Partners– Microsoft– Discovery– National Park Service– Public and private schools– Children’s Environmental Health
Network– …
EvaluationEvaluation
Quantitative– Interactive machine learning (Fails and Olsen, IUI 2003)
– A design tool for camera-based interaction(Fails and Olsen, CHI 2003)
Mixed methods– Child’s play: a comparison of desktop and
physical interactive environments (Fails et al., IDC 2005)
Qualitative– A case study of tangible flags: a collaborative
technology to enhance field trips (Chipman et al., IDC 2006)
What Makes Successful Research
What Makes Successful Research
Research team – interdisciplinary and intergenerational
Iterative design– Broad, iterative approaches, quick turnaround– From low-tech, to Wizard of Oz, to working prototypes
Exposure across multiple groups of kids– Various user groups– Extending Cooperative Inquiry to younger and older
children Evaluation that fits the research goals Contribute
– Make it broad, original, robust– Help extend to new paradigms and applications
Impact – children and beyond …
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QuantitativeEvaluation
ChildrenDesign
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Qualitative Evaluation
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TechnologyAcknowledgmentsDr. Allison DruinGene ChipmanMona Leigh GuhaKidsteam
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