Learning through interactive artifacts: Personal fabrication using electrochromic displays to remember Atari women programmers
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Learning through interactive artifacts : Personal fabrication using electrochromic displays to remember Atari women programmers. / Jensen, Walther; Craft, Brock; Löchtefeld, Markus; Bjørn, Pernille.
In: Entertainment Computing, Vol. 40, 100464, 2022, p. 1-13.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Learning through interactive artifacts
T2 - Personal fabrication using electrochromic displays to remember Atari women programmers
AU - Jensen, Walther
AU - Craft, Brock
AU - Löchtefeld, Markus
AU - Bjørn, Pernille
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In recent years makerspaces have gained traction as an environment where makers and tinkerers can freely create artefacts with digital fabrication tools. They are particularly suited for introducing new fabrication techniques because these spaces support hands-on experiences. Electrochromic displays are one such technology that has become possible to fabricate using new techniques and off-the-shelf tools which lends itself to be used in a workshop setting. Leveraging this development, we facilitated a makerspace workshop that introduced participants to this new technology. To limit the scope of the workshop outcome we used the little known history of female developers of video games (Atari) from the 1970s and 1980s as a design framing. The participants (undergraduates, 16 female, 2 male, aged 19–21 years) explored the Atari women's role in development and through this exploration they created artifacts using novel electrochromic displays as designed responses. Throughout the workshop participants answered daily questionnaires and kept records of their progress. Our analysis of the questionnaires and the resulting projects suggests that having a relatable and meaningful context increases both motivation and engagement of the participants. We discuss the extrinsic motivations that enhance engagement, and provide suggestions for introducing new technologies in the makerspace context.
AB - In recent years makerspaces have gained traction as an environment where makers and tinkerers can freely create artefacts with digital fabrication tools. They are particularly suited for introducing new fabrication techniques because these spaces support hands-on experiences. Electrochromic displays are one such technology that has become possible to fabricate using new techniques and off-the-shelf tools which lends itself to be used in a workshop setting. Leveraging this development, we facilitated a makerspace workshop that introduced participants to this new technology. To limit the scope of the workshop outcome we used the little known history of female developers of video games (Atari) from the 1970s and 1980s as a design framing. The participants (undergraduates, 16 female, 2 male, aged 19–21 years) explored the Atari women's role in development and through this exploration they created artifacts using novel electrochromic displays as designed responses. Throughout the workshop participants answered daily questionnaires and kept records of their progress. Our analysis of the questionnaires and the resulting projects suggests that having a relatable and meaningful context increases both motivation and engagement of the participants. We discuss the extrinsic motivations that enhance engagement, and provide suggestions for introducing new technologies in the makerspace context.
KW - Electrochromic displays
KW - Learning
KW - Makerspace
KW - Personal fabrication
KW - Workshop
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117607648&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.entcom.2021.100464
DO - 10.1016/j.entcom.2021.100464
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85117607648
VL - 40
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Entertainment Computing
JF - Entertainment Computing
SN - 1875-9521
M1 - 100464
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