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ATAL
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
But that was in another country: agents and intercultural empathy
This paper discusses the development of a believable agent-based educational application designed to develop inter-cultural empathy for 13-14 year old students. It considers relev...
Ruth Aylett, Natalie Vannini, Elisabeth Andr&eacut...
CHI
1995
ACM
14 years 14 days ago
Belvedere: stimulating students' critical discussion
We describe “Belvedere,” a system to support students engaged in critical discussion of science and public policy issues. The design is intended to address cognitive and metac...
Massimo Paolucci, Daniel D. Suthers, Arlene Weiner
DIGRA
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Theory as Game: Designing the Game Game
Is there a way to analyze games by the means of a game? Is there a way to brainstorm game ideas and design solutions through theory? Finnish scholar and game designer Aki Järvine...
Aki Järvinen
DGO
2008
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13 years 10 months ago
Laying the foundations for public participation and value advocacy: interaction design for a large scale urban simulation
Supporting public participation is often a key goal in the design of digital government systems. However, years of work may be required before a complex system, such as the UrbanS...
Batya Friedman, Alan Borning, Janet Davis, Brian T...
DIGITEL
2008
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Learning about Complexity with Modular Robots
We present progress with roBlocks, a reconfigurable modular robotic system for education. Children snap together small, magnetic, heterogeneous modules to create larger, more comp...
Eric Schweikardt, Mark D. Gross