What motivates children to play outdoors? Potential applications for interactive digital tools

Bronwyn J. Cumbo; Brent C. Jacobs; Tuck W. Leong; Anne Marie Kanstrup

doi:10.1145/2686612.2686637

What motivates children to play outdoors? Potential applications for interactive digital tools

Bronwyn J. Cumbo, Brent C. Jacobs, Tuck W. Leong, Anne Marie Kanstrup

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Abstract

Children (8-12 years) living in urban, western contexts are increasingly spending their free time indoors engaging in digital recreation, rather than outdoor, child-directed play. There is potential for place-specific, digital technology to be designed to motivate children 'off the couch' and outdoors into their local natural places. This paper presents the outcomes of three workshops conducted with eleven children (8-12 years) in Aalborg, Denmark, designed to understand key motivators for outdoor play in children. Children were divided into five design groups. Fictional inquiry and a series of artifacts and triggers were used to communicate the design task to children and inspire a range of relevant designs. Here, we report on the design outcomes of workshops, the motivators for outdoor play, and potential applications for interactive digital technology to inspire more regular, outdoor play experiences in children.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on Designing Futures
Subtitle of host publication	the Future of Design
Editors	Toni Robertson, Kenton O'Hara, Lian Loke, Greg Wadley, Tuck Leong
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	168-171
Number of pages	4
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450306539
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686637
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2014 - University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia Duration: 2 Dec 2014 → 5 Dec 2014 Conference number: 26th http://www.ozchi.org/ozchi2014/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/2686612 (Proceedings)

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Conference	Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2014
Abbreviated title	OZCHI 2014
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	2/12/14 → 5/12/14
Internet address	http://www.ozchi.org/ozchi2014/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/2686612 (Proceedings)

Keywords

Children
Interactive digital technology
Motivation
Outdoor play
Participatory design

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Cumbo, B. J., Jacobs, B. C., Leong, T. W., & Kanstrup, A. M. (2014). What motivates children to play outdoors? Potential applications for interactive digital tools. In T. Robertson, K. O'Hara, L. Loke, G. Wadley, & T. Leong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on Designing Futures: the Future of Design (1st ed., pp. 168-171). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686637

Cumbo, Bronwyn J. ; Jacobs, Brent C. ; Leong, Tuck W. et al. / What motivates children to play outdoors? Potential applications for interactive digital tools. Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on Designing Futures: the Future of Design. editor / Toni Robertson ; Kenton O'Hara ; Lian Loke ; Greg Wadley ; Tuck Leong. 1st. ed. New York NY USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2014. pp. 168-171

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Cumbo, BJ, Jacobs, BC, Leong, TW & Kanstrup, AM 2014, What motivates children to play outdoors? Potential applications for interactive digital tools. in T Robertson, K O'Hara, L Loke, G Wadley & T Leong (eds), Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on Designing Futures: the Future of Design. 1st edn, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, pp. 168-171, Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2014, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2/12/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686637

What motivates children to play outdoors? Potential applications for interactive digital tools. / Cumbo, Bronwyn J.; Jacobs, Brent C.; Leong, Tuck W. et al.
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Cumbo BJ, Jacobs BC, Leong TW, Kanstrup AM. What motivates children to play outdoors? Potential applications for interactive digital tools. In Robertson T, O'Hara K, Loke L, Wadley G, Leong T, editors, Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on Designing Futures: the Future of Design. 1st ed. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2014. p. 168-171 doi: 10.1145/2686612.2686637

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