Thomas Dylan

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Lanterns: Configuring a Digital Resource to Inspire Preschool Children’s Free Play Outdoors

Previous HCI research has highlighted opportunities for digital technologies to support outdoor play amongst children. However, the tendency has been to focus on older children and forms of play that are structured and rule-based. We report on a Research-through-Design (RtD) inquiry, grounded in an Embodied Interactio…

CHI '201st AuthorCollaborative Learning & Peer Teaching +1

Designing IoT Resources to Support Outdoor Play for Children

We describe a Research-through-Design (RtD) project that explores the Internet of Things (IoT) as a resource for children's free play outdoors. Based on initial insights from a design ethnography, we developed four RtD prototypes for social play in different scenarios of use outdoors, including congregating on a stree…

CHI '192nd AuthorEarly Childhood Education Technology +1

Designing for Digital Playing Out

We report on a design-led study in the UK that aimed to understand barriers to children (aged 5 to 14 years) 'playing out' in their neighbourhood and explore the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) for supporting children's free play that extends outdoors. The study forms a design ethnography, combining observat…

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