Engagement with an interactive museum exhibit

N Haywood*, Pamela Cairns

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Learning and engagement have been recognised as very important in defining the effectiveness of interactive museum exhibits. However the relationship between these two notions is not fully understood. In particular, little is known about engagement with interactive exhibits and how it relates to learning. This paper describes a hypothesis seeking approach to find out how children engage with an interactive exhibit at the Science Museum. Engagement is found to be described in terms of the three categories: participation, narration and co-presence of others. These aspects of engagement can be seen to arise from specific aspects of the interaction design of the exhibit. Moreover, they also overlap with features required for a positive learning experience. These findings suggest many fruitful directions for future research in this area.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPeople and computers xix - the bigger picture
EditorsT McEwan, J Gulliksen, D Benyon
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherSpringer, Springer Nature
Pages113-+
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)184628192X
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event19th Annual Conference of the British-Human-Computer-Interaction-Group - Edinburgh
Duration: 1 Jan 2005 → …

Publication series

NameB C S CONFERENCE SERIES
PublisherSPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD

Conference

Conference19th Annual Conference of the British-Human-Computer-Interaction-Group
CityEdinburgh
Period1/01/05 → …

Keywords

  • immersion
  • interactive exhibit
  • narrative
  • learning
  • co-presence

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