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PAPER | Of BATs and APEs: An Interactive Tabletop
Game for Natural History Museums
Michael Horn, Zeina Atrash Leong, Northwestern University, USA
Florian Block, Harvard University, USA
Judy Diamond, University of Nebraska State Museum, USA
Margaret Evans, University of Michigan, USA
Brenda Phillips, Chia Shen, Harvard University, USA
Describes user experiences with a tabletop game on evolution at
a natural history museum. Can help designers approach evaluation
of interactive surfaces in museums. Presents qualitative results on
visitor engagement.
PAPER | Playable Character: Extending Digital Games
into the Real World
Jason Linder, Wendy Ju, California College of the Arts, USA
This paper describes a series of research probe games developed
to investigate how real-world activity could be incorporated into
digital game systems.
NOTE | Game Design for Promoting Counterfactual
Thinking
Elizabeth Bonsignore, University of Maryland, USA
Kari Kraus, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Amanda Visconti, University of Maryland, USA
Derek Hansen, Brigham Young University
Ann Fraistat, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Allison Druin, University of Maryland, USA
Presents a formative typology of counterfactual design patterns that
can help designers, educators, and players locate interesting fault
lines in reality that facilitate the expansion of ARG mythologies.
NOTE | Discovery-based Games for Learning Software
Tao Dong, University of Michigan, USA
Mira Dontcheva, Diana Joseph, Adobe Systems, USA
Karrie Karahalios, University of Illinois, USA
Mark Newman, Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan, USA
Describes a discovery-based learning game that teaches people
how to use complex software such as Adobe Photoshop using the
Jigsaw metaphor. Can scaffold and motivate learning new tools
and techniques.
14:30—15:50 | Afternoon | Wednesday
n TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS | 18CD
HEALTH + DESIGN
SESSION CHAIR: Jodi Forlizzi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
PAPER | Activity-Based Interaction: Designing
with Child Life Specialists in a Children’s Hospital &
Matthew Bonner, Lan Wang, Elizabeth Mynatt, Georgia Tech, USA
Describes a framework for analyzing mediating activities,
especially between children and adults. Can assist understanding
of relationship between technical system characteristics, actors
and observed collaborative versus co-present interactions.
ToCHI | Using Context to Reveal Factors that Affect
Physical Activity
Ian Li, Anind Dey, Jodi Forlizzi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Describes three explorations of using contextual information to
support reflection on factors that affect physical activity. Informs
the design of physical activity awareness systems and, generally,
personal informatics systems.
PAPER | Adaptation as Design: Learning from an EMR
Deployment Study
Sun Young Park, Yunan Chen, University of California, Irvine, USA
An observational study in an Emergency Department to examine
clinicians’ adaptation process after deploying an Electronic
Medical Records (EMR) system.
CASE STUDY | User Centered Design in the OR
Tony Fernandes, StudioUE, USA
This case study illustrates how HCI techniques can be applied to
the design of a User Experience for a computer-based surgical
device. Video and photography from research will be shown.
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