NDLI: Recommendations for Developing Technologies that Encourage Reading Practices Among Children in Families with Low-literate Adults

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Rhodes, Emily Walsh, Greg
Abstract	Learning to read is a holistic process that requires social connections and individual resources. When a child lacks the necessary tools for literacy development, his or her education suffers as a result. This paper investigates the extent of how low-literacy impacts reading behaviors in adults and children who read together from an interaction design and research perspective. The value of exposure to reading early and often is explored with regards to how a novel technology including digital interaction has the potential to increase interest and spur reading behavior change. We observed children and their low-literate, adult caregivers reading a physical book and an electronic e-book application on a tablet. Then we had the pairings participate in co-design sessions to develop new technologies for developing readers. The findings from the research and subsequent design sessions informed a new design and recommendations for an interactive and immersive reading experience, created with and for low-literate adults and children.
Starting Page	125
Ending Page	136
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450343138
DOI	10.1145/2930674.2930709
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2016-06-21
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Reading Interaction design Low-literacy Electronic books Books Literacy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Recommendations for Developing Technologies that Encourage Reading Practices Among Children in Families with Low-literate Adults