Caroline Pitt

schoolUniversity Of Washingtonbar_chart#952 Global Rank

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Towards Understanding Children’s Collaborative Interaction Patterns in Child-AI Co-creative Interfaces

Children are increasingly using generative AI for co-creative activities, such as storytelling. While co-creativity is inherently about collaboration between children and AI, little is known about how children naturally engage, respond, and negotiate collaboration with AI. To address this gap, we conducted a participa…

CHI '263rd AuthorGenerative AI (Text, Image, Music, Video) +3

Generative AI in Children's Creative Collaboration: Impact, Perception, and Design Guidelines

The advent of Generative AI (GenAI) has raised discussions about its effects on individuals. However, little is known about its impact on children’s creative collaboration, despite its importance for social and cognitive development. We examined GenAI’s role in children’s creative collaboration through five co-design…

DIS '24CorrespondingGenerative AI (Text, Image, Music, Video) +2

Mediating Culture: Cultivating Socio-cultural Understanding of AI in Children through Participatory Design

The surge in access to and awareness of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) such as ChatGPT has sparked discussion over the necessary technological literacies and competencies needed to effectively engage with these systems. In this context, we explore AI as a tool that mediates cultural understanding and remed…

CHI '211st AuthorMental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +1

The Kids Are / Not / Sort of All Right: Technology’s Complex Role in Teen Wellbeing During COVID-19

We investigated changes in and factors affecting American adolescents’ subjective wellbeing during the early months (April – August 2020) of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Twenty-one teens (14-19 years) participated in interviews at the start and end of the study and completed ecological momentary asse…

CHI '211st AuthorCollaborative Learning & Peer Teaching +2

Connected Learning, Collapsed Contexts: Examining Teens’ Sociotechnical Ecosystems Through the Lens of Digital Badges

Researchers and designers have incorporated social media affordances into learning technologies to engage young people and support personally relevant learning, but youth may reject these attempts because they do not meet user expectations. Through in-depth case studies, we explore the sociotechnical ecosystems of six…

CHI '202nd AuthorLaser Cutting & Digital Fabrication +2

"I Feel Like This is a Bad Thing": Investigating Disassembly in Action for Novices

Materials are dynamic—they can be shaped and changed. Often however, our tools and technologies appear to fix materials in place. Disassembly is one practice that provides openings to explore and understand the dynamic nature of material. In this research, we investigate possibilities that emerge from disassembly. Spe…

CHI '191st AuthorSpecial Education Technology +1

A Badge, Not a Barrier: Designing for–and Throughout–Digital Badge Implementation

We synthesize insights from a multi-year project involving the design and implementation of a digital badge system with youth co-designers at a science center. Using stakeholder interviews and surveys, participatory design session data, and user analytics, we identify the sociotechnical, sociocultural, and technical c…

CHI '185th+ AuthorCollaborative Learning & Peer Teaching +2

Science Everywhere: Designing Public, Tangible Displays to Connect Youth Learning Across Settings

A major challenge in education is understanding how to connect learning experiences across settings (e.g., school, afterschool, and home) for youth. In this paper, we introduce and describe the participatory design process we undertook to develop Science Everywhere (SE), which is a sociotechnical system where children…

CHI '184th AuthorHonorable MentionProgramming Education & Computational Thinking +1

Empowering Families Facing English Literacy Challenges to Jointly Engage in Computer Programming

Research suggests that parental engagement through Joint Media Engagement (JME) is an important factor in children’s learning for coding and programming. Unfortunately, parents with limited technology background may have difficulty supporting their children’s access to programming. English-language learning (ELL) fami…

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