User Experience

by Julie A. Kientz, Lisa Anthony, Alexis Hiniker

Learning how cognitive and physical traits of children affect their interaction with touchscreens helps designers create delightful experiences for all audiences, regardless of age and literacy [阅读详情]

by Emily Reardon, Mindy Brooks

(English) Lessons learned designing non-linear play experiences for a hybrid of classic letter blocks and character-driven tablet content. [阅读详情]

by Nathan G. Freier

Technology can play many roles. It can be a partner, performer, or provider, helping children create experiences that shape their environment and their own development. [阅读详情]

by Svetlanta Ognjanovic, Jason Ralls, Pablo Gonzalez

Peer Tutoring helps engage and encourage children during usability testing. The social context makes the test more natural, resulting in richer findings. [阅读详情]

by Mindy Brooks, Ashley Fenwick-Naditch

This study indicated that educational gameplay benefited from clarity around players’ roles, enabling parents’ participation, furthering the learning process for the child players. [阅读详情]

by Tema Frank

The Woogie, a stuffed animal into which you can insert your iPhone, helps childproof your phone, however parents must monitor the content their children view. [阅读详情]

by Janet C. Read

Designing with children adds a new dimension to user experience design and usability testing. Our understanding in how children can best contribute is still developing. [阅读详情]

by Marina U. Bers

(English) Positive Technological Development aims to assist children in bettering their world through improving their technological literacy. [阅读详情]

by Elizabeth Brown

When conducting testing with children, full disclosure and reasonable procedures are your best defense against potential legal complications. [阅读详情]

by Cynthia Cortez Kamishlian, Bill Albert

Children are not the most effective Web users and more research is needed to explore children’s mental models related to Internet use. [阅读详情]

by Rina Doherty

(English) Research on the effects of children’s long-term computer use is extremely limited; there remain key research questions that need to be answered. [阅读详情]

by Yves Béhar

Yves Béhar is the designer behind the One Laptop per Child Personal Computer (OLPC). He is interviewed by User Experience guest editor Cynthia Kamishlian. [阅读详情]

by Lorna McKnight

(English) Expert designers sensitive to established usability guidelines should be capable of designing software that is suitable for both ADHD and non-ADHD children. [阅读详情]

by Greg Walsh

Adults and children work together as part of Kidsteam to design new technologies for children using a low-tech prototyping experience. [阅读详情]

by Constance Steinkuehler, Sarah Chu

Research with adolescent World of Warcraft players indicated design strategies that will help make Massive Multiplayer Online Game more accessible for individuals of all ages. [阅读详情]

by Juan Pablo Hourcade, Natasha E. Bullock-Rest

Information and communication technologies provide great opportunities and challenges for marginalized children both in developed and developing regions. [阅读详情]

by Cynthia Cortez Kamishlian

(English) This issue addresses our understanding and insights into how children interact with technology and how usability professionals can include children in the design process. [阅读详情]

by Tema Frank

Cell phones with kid finders and one button emergency calls. Music on a memory stick. [阅读详情]

by UX Magazine

(English) The first issue of User Experience Magazine. The lead article is on strategic usability. [阅读详情]