Paper Info
Title
Investigating How Online Help and Learning Resources Support Children's Use of 3D Design Software
Abstract
ABSTRACT3D design software is increasingly available to children through libraries, maker spaces, and for free on the web. This unprecedented availability has the potential to unleash children's creativity in cutting edge domains, but is limited by the steep learning curve of the software. Unfortunately, there is little past work studying the breakdowns faced by children in this domain-most past work has focused on adults in professional settings. In this paper, we present a study of online learning resources and help-seeking strategies available to children starting out with 3D design software. We find that children face a range of challenges when trying to learn 3D design independently-tutorials present instructions at a granularity that leads to overlooked and incorrectly-performed actions, and online help-seeking is largely ineffective due to challenges with query formulation and evaluating found information. Based on our findings, we recommend design directions for next-generation help and learning systems tailored to children.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1145/3173574.3173831
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Software learning, child-computer interaction, online help
Online learning,Child computer interaction,Online help,Computer science,Software,3d design,Human–computer interaction,Learning curve,Creativity,Multimedia,Query formulation
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.37
37
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nathaniel Hudson1393.76
Benjamin J. Lafreniere2625.45
Parmit K. Chilana325120.61
Tovi Grossman42689147.40