Fostering parental co-development of technology for children with special needs informal learning activities

In this study, we describe how fostering technology co-design and co-development with parents contributes positively to the parents’ participatory experience and involvement in the children’s activities. The research was carried out by utilizing the principles of participatory action research and participatory design. Our work highlights that providing an active role for parental co-development of technological activities fosters technology acceptance and family integration in long-term technology co-design, co-evaluation and co-intervention. This has strong implications towards social inclusiveness, technology demystification and innovative co-creation.
Source: International Journal of Child Computer Interaction - Category: Child Development Source Type: research