The show must go on: A conceptual model of conducting synchronous participatory design with children online

Kung Jin Lee; Wendy Roldan; Tian Qi Zhu; Harkiran Kaur Zhu

doi:10.1145/3411764.3445715

The show must go on: A conceptual model of conducting synchronous participatory design with children online

Kung Jin Lee, Wendy Roldan, Tian Qi Zhu, Harkiran Kaur Zhu

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Abstract

Co-designing with children in an online environment is increasingly important due to external factors, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the diversifcation and inclusion of youth participants. Many prior studies about co-design with youth focus on co-located or asynchronous online sessions. However, conducting synchronous online co-design sessions adds layers of complexity and uncertainty to collaboration. This paper introduces a model explicating factors to consider when co-designing with children synchronously in an online space. We examined ten consecutive intergenerational participatory design sessions online where children (ages 7-11) and adults designed new technologies. Along with highlighting unexpected moments and interactions, we use theories of improvisation to guide our understanding of dynamic situations that are out of the control of researchers. This work contributes to improving theoretical understanding of improvisation as a method of inquiry for co-designing with youth, and ofers practical suggestions for suitable online co-design techniques and implementation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Making Waves, Combining Strengths
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450380966
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445715
State	Published - 6 May 2021
Event	2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths, CHI 2021 - Virtual, Online, Japan Duration: 8 May 2021 → 13 May 2021

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths, CHI 2021
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Virtual, Online
Period	8/05/21 → 13/05/21

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Keywords

Children
Design methods
Improvisation
Participatory design

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Lee, K. J., Roldan, W., Zhu, T. Q., & Zhu, H. K. (2021). The show must go on: A conceptual model of conducting synchronous participatory design with children online. In CHI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445715

Lee, Kung Jin ; Roldan, Wendy ; Zhu, Tian Qi et al. / The show must go on : A conceptual model of conducting synchronous participatory design with children online. CHI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths. Association for Computing Machinery, 2021. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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