結合感知玩具與電子書於兒童學習之互動設計

Abstract

近幾年平版電腦興起，觸控式平板之操作介面簡單直覺，學習曲線低，很適合小朋友來操作，已逐漸被使用在教育市場中。回顧教育學家所提出之學習理論，我們發現感官和四肢，是嬰幼兒時期主要的發展任務，也是幼兒智慧發展的根源，然而平板電腦缺乏實物的觸覺感知，平面的觸控體驗大幅限制了兒童的感官知能。因此本創作旨在針對3~6歲的小朋友，設計一套結合觸控平板之實體感知玩具（Tangible Toys），並延續福祿貝爾與蒙特梭利對於觸覺學習的教育理論，實作兩種運用於平板與感知玩具的遊戲學習模式，提供新型態的互動學習體驗。小朋友在本創作設計之遊戲學習過程中使用到手的操作與觸覺感知，藉由有趣的感官互動，增加小朋友的學習興趣。\n\n我們提出兩種英文單字的學習模式，並觀察與分析兒童使用感知玩具在平板上的操作行為，作為未來「數位教具」與「平板」結合的參考依據，本創作所發展之技術亦可輔助觸控式平板發展多樣化之「數位教具」。 綜合所述，本創作完成目標如下：\n\n1. 互動學習體驗：以感知玩具結合平板的互動形式帶給兒童新型態的互動學習體驗。\n2. 兒童探索學習：透過感知玩具刺激兒童的學習興趣，利用不同的玩偶讓兒童嘗試去探索關聯式的單字。\n3. 操作經驗分析：分析兒童對於感知玩具的使用經驗與操作，作為未來「數位教具」與「平板」結合的參考依據。

Touch-based tablets have grown extremely rapidly in recent years. Since the touch-based interface is simple, intuitive and easy to learn, touch-based tablets have been adopted quickly in the Education market. However, touch-based tablet lacks tangible and tactile feedback, thus it constrains children’s learning ability of sensations. In this paper, we aimed at 3~6 years old children and designed a children’s learning app with tangible toys on the tablet. By extending Frobel and Montessori’s tactile learning theory, we implemented two game-based learning applications with tangible toys to bring a novel interactive learning experience for children. We conducted the preliminary study of 4 kindergarten children. The result showed that children were interested in tangible toys and had more fun in the learning activities. Finally, our capacitive tags can be used to design various forms of digital manipulatives on the tablets.