BacPack: exploring the role of tangibles in a museum exhibit for bio-design
A Loparev, L Westendorf, M Flemings, J Cho… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
A Loparev, L Westendorf, M Flemings, J Cho, R Littrell, A Scholze, O Shaer
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Tangible, Embedded …, 2017•dl.acm.orgWe present BacPack, a tangible museum exhibit for exploring bio-design. BacPack utilizes
tangible tokens on a large multitouch table display to allow visitors the opportunity to
participate in a playful bio-design activity-engineering bacteria for sustaining life on Mars. To
understand the role of tangible tokens in facilitating engagement and learning with the
exhibit, we developed and evaluated two versions of BacPack: one with tangible tokens and
one that consists of only multitouch interaction. Results from an evaluation in the Tech …
tangible tokens on a large multitouch table display to allow visitors the opportunity to
participate in a playful bio-design activity-engineering bacteria for sustaining life on Mars. To
understand the role of tangible tokens in facilitating engagement and learning with the
exhibit, we developed and evaluated two versions of BacPack: one with tangible tokens and
one that consists of only multitouch interaction. Results from an evaluation in the Tech …
We present BacPack, a tangible museum exhibit for exploring bio-design. BacPack utilizes tangible tokens on a large multitouch table display to allow visitors the opportunity to participate in a playful bio-design activity-engineering bacteria for sustaining life on Mars. To understand the role of tangible tokens in facilitating engagement and learning with the exhibit, we developed and evaluated two versions of BacPack: one with tangible tokens and one that consists of only multitouch interaction. Results from an evaluation in the Tech Museum of Innovation indicate that tangible tokens provide additional opportunities for collaborative problem solving and impact learning through support for tinkering and experimentation. We discuss design considerations for exhibits that facilitate creative engagement and exploration with biology.