Name
Title | ||
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Situated Techno-Cools: Factors That Contribute To Making Technology Cool In A Given Context Of Use |
Abstract | ||
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The concept "cool", as it applies to technological products, is discussed in this paper. We offer a model showing how different factors in situated use of techno-cools affect the perception of coolness. The model is discussed using a case of the iPad in educational use. The case is grounded in our experience from four case studies related to introduction of the iPad as a cool educational tool in two elementary schools, a high school, and a university. The space between iPad's coolness as a device and factors influencing that coolness in education, such as mastery, usefulness, added value, self-presentation and identity, novelty and fun, was studied. The age of participants was a determining factor for what subset of these was making the iPads cool at school. Tween students considered self-presentation, fun and novelty as the most important factors. For older students the important ones were usefulness, added value and mastery. |
Year | Venue | Keywords |
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2012 | PSYCHNOLOGY JOURNAL | Cool, situated cool, techno-cool model, iPad |
Field | DocType | Volume |
Situated,Psychology,Added value,Human–computer interaction,Novelty,Multimedia,Perception | Journal | 10 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
2 | 1720-7525 | 3 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.44 | 2 | 2 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Leora Culén | 1 | 15 | 6.57 |
| Andrea Alessandro Gasparini | 2 | 4 | 1.82 |