Designing for Digital Playing Out

Gavin Wood; Thomas Dylan; Abigail Durrant; Pablo E. Torres; Philip Ulrich; Amanda  Carr; Mutlu Cukurova; Denise Downey; Phil  McGrath; Madeline Balaam; Alice Ferguson; John Vines; Shaun Lawson

doi:10.1145/3290605.3300909

Designing for Digital Playing Out

Gavin Wood, Thomas Dylan, Abigail Durrant, Pablo E. Torres, Philip Ulrich, Amanda Carr, Mutlu Cukurova, Denise Downey, Phil McGrath, Madeline Balaam, Alice Ferguson, John Vines, Shaun Lawson

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Abstract

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 observational fieldwork with design prototyping and co-creative activities across four linked workshops, where we used BBC micro:bit devices to co-create new IoT designs with the participating children. Our collective account contributes new insights about the physical and interactive features of micro:bits that shaped play, gameplay, and social interaction in the workshops, illuminating an emerging design space for supporting ‘digital playing out’ that is grounded in empirical instances. We highlight opportunities for designing for digital playing out in ways that promote social negotiation, supports varying participation, allows for integrating cultural influences, and accounts for the weaving together of placemaking and play.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '19)
Subtitle of host publication	May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1-15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450359702
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300909
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2019
Event	ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019: CHI’19 Workshop: HCI in China: Research Agenda, Education Curriculum, Industry Partnership, and Communities Building - Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 4 May 2019 → 9 May 2019 https://chi2019.acm.org/ http://chi2019.acm.org

Conference

Conference	ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019
Abbreviated title	CHI 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	4/05/19 → 9/05/19
Internet address	https://chi2019.acm.org/ http://chi2019.acm.org

Keywords

Digital Playing Out
Children
Outdoor Play
Open-ended play
Pervasive Play
Internet of Things

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Wood, G., Dylan, T., Durrant, A., Torres, P. E., Ulrich, P., Carr, A., Cukurova, M., Downey, D., McGrath, P., Balaam, M., Ferguson, A., Vines, J., & Lawson, S. (2019). Designing for Digital Playing Out. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '19): May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK (pp. 1-15). Article 679 ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300909

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Wood, G, Dylan, T, Durrant, A, Torres, PE, Ulrich, P, Carr, A, Cukurova, M, Downey, D, McGrath, P, Balaam, M, Ferguson, A, Vines, J & Lawson, S 2019, Designing for Digital Playing Out. in Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '19): May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK., 679, ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 1-15, ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4/05/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300909

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