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Hi Robot: Evaluating RoboTale

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Aleksander Krzywinski,

Weiqin ChenAuthors Info & Claims

ITS '15: Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces

Pages 367 - 372

https://doi.org/10.1145/2817721.2823507

Published: 15 November 2015 Publication History

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This paper presents the evaluation of the RoboTale game of interactive storytelling for children. The evaluation assess the usability of tangibles for robot control; their role in the storytelling; and the collaboration among the participating children. In the evaluation 21 children told stories with RoboTale in groups of three. The subsequent evaluation revealed surprisingly creative uses of the tangible markers available to the children, and the collaboration in the telling of stories showed great potential for learning.

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1. Human-centered computing
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ITS '15: Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces

November 2015

522 pages

ISBN:9781450338998

DOI:10.1145/2817721

General Chairs:
Nuno Nunes
University of Madeira, Portugal
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Enrico Costanza
University of Southampton, UK
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Patrick Olivier
Newcastle University, UK
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Johannes Schöning
Hasselt University, Belgium

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