• Pico’s adventure at ITASD

    Posted on November 3, 2014 by admin in dissemination.

    A poster with the initial results of our study was presented at ITASD 2014, the 2nd international conference on Innovative Technologies for Autism. The conference focuses on how digital technologies can be used to improve the daily lives of people with autism. Its aim is to join experts in the field people with autism, the […]

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    Preliminar evaluation

    Posted on July 12, 2014 by admin in assessment.

    During May we carried out a preliminar evaluation of the game “Pico’s Adventure”. The study involved  10 boys within the Autistic Spectrum Disorder (mean age: 5,3; SD:0,94 ) and was carried on at the Hospital Sant Joan de Deu. The goals of the study were: to evaluate the likeness of the game, to analyze whether it […]

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    Pico’s adventure at IDC

    Posted on June 12, 2014 by admin in dissemination.

    A detailed analysis of the techniques and strategies used to faciliate children involvement in the codesign process  will be presented at the 13th international conference on Interaction Design & Children (IDC), which mission is to bring together researchers, designers and educators to explore new forms of technology, design and engaged learning among children. In this conference we will […]

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    Pico’s Adventure at CHI

    Posted on April 14, 2014 by admin in dissemination.

    Initial outcomes related with the design method aimed at merging experts and children contributions for designing the game “Pico’s Adventure” will be presented at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction. In this conference we will be presenting a poster of the paper Narrative-Based Elicitation: Orchestrating […]

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    Codesign with children

    Posted on January 12, 2013 by admin in design.

    To start designing the game “Pico’s Adventure” we involved experts and children in the design process.Firstly we collaborared with the experts of the “Hospital Sant Joan de Deu”  to define the therapeutic goals and requirements; secondly, we carried out a participatory design with children to transform defined goals into an enjoyable playful experience. The main […]

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