Pedagogy & physicalization: Designing learning activities around physical data representations

  • Trevor Hogan
  • , Pauline Gourlet
  • , Uta Hinrichs
  • , Eva Hornecker
  • , Yvonne Jansen
  • , Bettina Nissen
  • , Samuel Huron

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Abstract

In an age where data and their various representations proliferates many aspects of our professional and private lives, a new form of awareness and visual literacy is required to interpret, critically discuss and actively engage in activities around data representation. Research has found Physicalization to be a productive way to introduce people to activities around data collection, processing, and representation - be it to learn about the concepts of making abstract data graspable, or to learn about complex phenomena represented within the data. This full-day hands-on workshop will explore how designing and building Physicalizations can be a way to actively learn the principles of data representation. The aim of this workshop is to (1) discuss different learning scenarios in which Physicalization activities can be beneficial, (2) explore different approaches to introduce Physicalization activities to different learning audiences, and (3) to build a community interested in the pedagogy of Physicalization.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDIS 2017 Companion - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages345-347
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781450349918
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event2017 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2017 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: 10 Jun 201714 Jun 2017

Publication series

NameDIS 2017 Companion - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

Conference

Conference2017 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
Period10/06/1714/06/17

Keywords

  • Activity-based learning
  • Data representation
  • Pedagogy
  • Physical material
  • Physicalization

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