MapSense: Multi-Sensory Interactive Maps for Children Living with Visual Impairments
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We report on the design process leading to the creation of MapSense, a multi-sensory interactive map for visually impaired children. We conducted a formative study in a specialized institute to understand children's educational needs, their context of care and their preferences regarding interactive technologies. The findings (1) outline the needs for tools and methods to help children to acquire spatial skills and (2) provide four design guidelines for educational assistive technologies. Based on these findings and an iterative process, we designed and deployed MapSense in the institute during two days. It enables collaborations between children with a broad range of impairments, proposes reflective and ludic scenarios and allows caretakers to customize it as they wish. A field experiment reveals that both children and caretakers considered the system successful and empowering.
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- Authors
- Brule, E., Bailly, G., Brock, A., Valentin, F., Denis, G., & Jouffrais, C.
- Affiliations
- CNRS, Telecom ParisTech, & Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique (FR)
- IJA, Toulouse, France
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2016-05-07
- Pages
- 445-457
- OpenAlex
- W4301308206
- Cited by
- 122
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 29.20
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- sro.sussex.ac.uk
- Locations
- CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (publishedVersion)
- Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- ANR (ANR-14-CE17-0018)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Keywords
- interactive maps, visually impaired students, assistive technology, educational technology, spatial ability, multisensory interaction, design guidelines, inclusive education, special education, children with disabilities, cooperative learning, ludic learning
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