Reading hotspots: a method to evaluate reader and mediator’s experience with children’s digital books

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https://doi.org/10.51358/id.v20i3.1108

Abstract

One of the main reasons why children’s reading is compromised in digital books are poorly designed hotspots – interaction areas. This study describes the development of a method to evaluate children’s and mediators’ experience while reading digital books on mobile interaction devices (MIDs). We reviewed and extended a set of metrics to assess the readers’ experience through ludic approaches and data-gathering methods. Building on previous research we extended the Multimodal Analysis model. The method was validated through empirical tests with 6 dyads of parent-child involved in joint reading in a total of 18 sessions. The results corroborate the effectiveness of the method informing the design and development of children’s books for MIDs.

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Douglas Menegazzi, UFSC

PhD in Design from the Federal University of Paraná (PPGDesign/UFPR), with a CNPq Doctoral Sandwich Scholarship at the Research Centre on Child Studies (CIEC) of the University of Minho (UMinho) in Braga – Portugal. He is a professor in the Department of Design and Graphic Expression at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (EGR/UFSC), where he teaches Digital Illustration and Digital Publications, among other subjects. He also works as an illustrator, having illustrated books and participated in art exhibitions. His current research and extension activities are mainly focused on the areas of Illustration and Graphic Interface Design, as well as Digital Publications for children, including the project "Children's Books Going Mobile," which researches and develops digital children's books based on interactive, locative, and mobile systems and technologies.

Cristina Sylla, University of Minho

Principal Researcher at the Research Centre on Child Studies, at the University of Minho in north Portugal, and research member of the ITI Interactive Technologies Institute ITI/LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. My research focus on the design, development and evaluation of innovative pedagogic materials, such as Digital Manipulatives / Tangible Interfaces (TUIs) focusing on the intersection of traditional games and playful activities and the new interactive technological solutions. Such materials have the potential to promoting young children’s experimental, participatory and active involvement with technology.

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Published

2023-12-15

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Menegazzi, D., & Sylla, C. (2023). Reading hotspots: a method to evaluate reader and mediator’s experience with children’s digital books. InfoDesign - Journal of Information Design, 20(3). https://doi.org/10.51358/id.v20i3.1108

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Vol. 20 No. 3 (2023)

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