square1 - itk 2013 research day

Square1 hypothesis: Building computa8onal and collabora8ve

learning tools in school

Anna Keune, Teemu LeinonenAalto University School of Arts, Design and

ArchitecturehCp://lead.aalto.fi

1. Craft and DIY in School 2. Computers and Pedagogy3. Square1 Hypothesis4. Qualitative Design Research Activities5. Future Steps

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Finnish Educational Sloyd movement• Developing intellectual capacities through tool use• 1860s: wood, textile and paper craftwork• Today: also more advanced machinery

Boston public schools. Photographs XVIII. Systems of woodworking. 1892Image source: Boston Public Library






Oulu Normaalikoulu, Finnish model school, 2012


Computer Numerical Control (CNC) fabricationDo-It-Yourself trends in schools





Boston public schools. Photographs XVIII. Systems of woodworking. 1892Image source: Boston Public Library

Products students create are scarcely used in educational practices beyond creation.

Think Sauna Scoop






Dynabook

One Laptop Per Child






Collaborative Knowledge BuildingInquiry Learning

Social constructivist approaches to learning






collaborators/cooperatorsshared toolsfocused useslow technology

individual tinkererspersonal tools

all-inclusive useefficiency |






Design Research Hypotheses

• Children participate in the building of shared learning tools

• Social constructivist approach to learning require different computational devices






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Qualitative Design Research Activities

• Participatory Design / Finnish children• Focus Group / Finnish teachers• Focus Group / German teachers• Participatory Design / US children

• Iterative analysis and studio design work






Participatory Design session and discussions3 Finnish children / 7 year old






Design Studio prototype 1






Focus Group with 2 Finnish and 3 German teachers






Design studio prototype 2






Participatory Design session 26 female 4th and 5th grade studentsPublic School, Oakland, California (in collaboration with techGyrls)

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Future steps

Keune, A., Leinonen, T. (2013). Square1 Prototype: Build your own devices for collaborative learning (forthcoming)

Assembling Instructions

Software Prototypes

Industrial Prototypes






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CBTecDigita Lessons Finland

GemiloMediamaisteriWanha Satama

City of HämeenlinnaLeGroup, Aalto University

TRIM, University of TampereHIIT, Aalto University

Thank you for your aCen8on.




