Skip to main content
COMMUNITY:
Conference Proceedings

Don't Forget About the Sweat: Effortful Embodied Interaction in Support of Learning

February 19, 2012 | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

This paper describes a frequently-overlooked aspect of embodied interaction design: physical effort. Although exertion is the direct goal of many embodied activities (e.g., exergames), and is used indirectly to discourage certain user interactions (as with affordances), exertion has not been used to support direct expressive interaction with an embodied system. Situating exertion in both psychological and physiological literature, this paper suggests guidelines for employing exertion as more than just an incidental component of proprioception in embodied interaction designs. Specifically, the linkages between exertion, affect, and recall are reviewed and analyzed for their potential to support embodied learning activities, and literature concerning human perceptions of effort is reviewed to help designers understand how to incorporate effort more directly and intentionally in embodied interaction designs. Also presented is an illustration of how these guidelines affected the design of an educational embodied interaction experience for an informal learning setting.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • myPic
    Author
    University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Brian Slattery
    Author
    University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Priscillia Jimenez
    Author
    University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Brenda Lopez
    Author
    University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Tom Moher
    Author
    University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Citation

    Publication Name: TEI '12: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction
    Page Number: 77
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Education and learning science
    Audience: Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Conferences

    If you would like to edit a resource, please email us to submit your request.