Presented by the Simon Fraser School Of Interactive Arts And Technology

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You are cordially invited to a guest presentation by visiting scholar Dr.Tilde Bekker from the User-Centered Engineering Group in the Faculty of Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands).

Presentation Date:Wednesday, May 19,
2:45pm – 4:20 Room 5380 .
School Of Interactive Arts And Technology.
Simon Fraser University, Surrey.

Presentation: Designing interactive play objects for children
Children like interacting with new media, such as television and computer games. Computer games provide very appealing play opportunities: they offer challenges that adapt to the skills of the player and allow children to immerse themselves in diverse world and environments. Mobile interactive objects can provide similar play opportunities if they sense and respond to children’s activities and allow children to create their own play opportunities and fantasies. Designing interactive play objects with similar appeal as computer games may provide new opportunities for social and physical play.

Inspired by theories from behavioral psychology and persuasion, sport psychology and game design a variety of interactive play objects were iteratively designed and evaluated. Through design research we have developed a design philosophy on creating opportunities for children to be physically and socially active. I will illustrate our approach by describing a number of design cases.

About Dr. Bekker
Tilde Bekker is an assistant professor at the User-Centered Engineering Group, of the Faculty of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). Tilde Bekker did her MSc and her PhD at the department of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology. Her research interests include designing intelligent play concepts, developing and assessing user centered design methods and tools and creating playful persuasive solutions for various user groups. She has published widely on the various topics of her research, and has participated in the organization of and reviews for various conferences, such Interaction Design and Children, British HCI conference, the CHI conference, Intetain and the conference on Fun and Games.

She teaches and does research in the area of interaction design and children and elderly, more specifically, on user centered design methods and designing for physical and social activities. At the Faculty of Industrial Design she is responsible for the Playful Interactions Theme that arranges design projects for bachelor and master students.