Play Testing

METHODS & PRACTICES Goal Create the best possible digital product. Activity Involving user at relevant stages of production to improve the product. Relation to theme 3: ‘Nurturing the child as a social being and a citizen’ Cater for kids needs and capabilities to...

Co-Designing with Children

METHODS & PRACTICES Goal: To create a solution that reflects children’s – not adults – world, needs and preferences Involve children throughout the whole design process, from concept development to testing the final piece Speak in a child-friendly way; in a...

Co-research

METHODS & PRACTICES Co-research Involving children as researchers at multiple stages of the design process. Co-research can support agency and responsibility and by allowing kids to influence the outcome. It can help kids understand diversity by helping them...

Worst Case Scenario Exploration

METHODS & PRACTICES Goal: Make problems visible and encourage to design solutions for found issues Result: Scenario with a matrix of possible problems and ideas for possible solutions Execute with experts on the user group and related scenarios like Experts:...

Children as Designers

METHODS & PRACTICES Design phase: research and ideation Goal: Learn about the child’s values through play, engagement, interaction, creation & manipulation. Activity: Let children create, craft and build prototypes for the problem/context you’re designing for....