Exploring the Affordances of Digital Toys for Young Children's Active Play

Wang, Y; Vickery, NEM; Tarlinton, D; Ploderer, B; Knight, L; Blackler, A; Wyeth, P

Exploring the Affordances of Digital Toys for Young Children's Active Play

Wang, Y Vickery, NEM Tarlinton, D Ploderer, B Knight, L Blackler, A Wyeth, P

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Publisher:: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2022, pp. 325-337
Issue Date:: 2022-11-29

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dc.contributor.author	Wang, Y
dc.contributor.author	Vickery, NEM
dc.contributor.author	Tarlinton, D
dc.contributor.author	Ploderer, B
dc.contributor.author	Knight, L
dc.contributor.author	Blackler, A
dc.contributor.author	Wyeth, P https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1867-9536
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-25T06:55:28Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-25T06:55:28Z
dc.date.issued	2022-11-29
dc.identifier.citation	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2022, pp. 325-337
dc.identifier.isbn	9798400700248
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/177102
dc.description.abstract	This paper reviewed 66 commercial digital toys for young children's (3 to 5 years old) active play, aiming to explore their features, affordances, and play activities they facilitate. Results show active play is invited predominantly through physical affordances. Digital features can act as prompts, provide feedback, and engage attention. For HCI researchers this paper contributes insights into gaps and design opportunities: 1) many digital toys target broader age groups, and more work is needed to consider young children's developmental abilities and interests in the design; 2) many digital toys do not elicit direct physical/digital responses from children's physical and embodied inputs; and 3) future research can design play sequences through providing age-appropriate affordances, prompts, and feedback that encourage active play, without restricting children's imagination and free play. The outcomes of this study can inform the design of new digital toys for children's active play, to benefit their motor skills development.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
dc.relation.ispartof	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 34th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/3572921.3572935
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Exploring the Affordances of Digital Toys for Young Children's Active Play
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2024-03-25T06:55:27Z
pubs.publication-status	Published

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This paper reviewed 66 commercial digital toys for young children's (3 to 5 years old) active play, aiming to explore their features, affordances, and play activities they facilitate. Results show active play is invited predominantly through physical affordances. Digital features can act as prompts, provide feedback, and engage attention. For HCI researchers this paper contributes insights into gaps and design opportunities: 1) many digital toys target broader age groups, and more work is needed to consider young children's developmental abilities and interests in the design; 2) many digital toys do not elicit direct physical/digital responses from children's physical and embodied inputs; and 3) future research can design play sequences through providing age-appropriate affordances, prompts, and feedback that encourage active play, without restricting children's imagination and free play. The outcomes of this study can inform the design of new digital toys for children's active play, to benefit their motor skills development.

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