Transcript Globetoddler – Designing for Remote Interaction between

Globetoddler – Designing for Remote
Interaction between Preschoolers and
Their Traveling Parents
Paulina Modlitba
Chris Schmandt
Speech + Mobility Group
MIT Media Laboratory
Principle Research Scientist
Director of the Speech + Mobility
Group
MIT Media Laboratory
CHI 2008 WIP (Works In Progress)
Introduction
• Literature Study of Previous Work
• Interview Study
• Discussion
• Conclusions
Literature Study of Previous Work
• Parent-child communication
– Old enough to separate between me and
not-me.
• Family-oriented interaction
– Contextual Asynchronous System (CASY).
• Awareness of unfamiliar locations and
viewpoints
– Plane Tracker.
• Non-academic projects
– The Flat Stanley Project.
Interview Study
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Separation anxiety
Guilty conscience
Concept of time
Routines
Time difference
Busy schedules
Media
Frequency
Separation anxiety
• Saying goodbye before a trip.
Guilty conscience
• Once separated.
Concept of time
• Understanding of the concept of time.
Routines
• Maintaining family routines.
Time difference
• Being in different time zones was perceived as
the most limiting factor.
Busy schedules
• All families mentioned tight schedules as
another crucial limitation.
Media
• Prefer seeing the face of the person they talk
to.
Frequency
• Frequency of interaction.
Discussion
• Child cares for, encourages the child to
interact with the parent.
1. Increase the overall opportunity for synchronous
communication.
2. Know when the child may be receptive to
communication.
3. Easier for the child to initiate interaction.
4. Increase the chances for asynchronous
communication.
Conclusions
• Presents a set of design principles.
• Flexible enough to support the asymmetry .
• Encourages the children to interact with the
remote parent by using affective physical .