Social Wearables Edu-Larp: Insights From a Novel Camp Combining Crafting, Coding, and Larping Aimed at Non-traditional Steam Participants

要旨

Developing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) education curricula encouraging participation from underrepresented groups is crucial for diversity in computational fields. Many existing programs attract cis-white males, to the exclusion of other groups. This paper discusses a camp where participants, primarily female youth ages 10-14 (N=45), engage in crafting social wearable technologies within a live-action roleplay context. Our findings from four camp sessions show increased self-reported competence and interest in STEAM among participants, alongside enhanced feelings of community and social support. The camp's innovative approach integrates design thinking, iterative design, and collaboration, proving effective in fostering inclusivity and engagement in STEAM. We adopted an iterative Research-through-Design process, with researchers embedded in the camp to observe and conduct surveys and interviews with participants. Researchers and educators can benefit from reading our results, which demonstrate the value of a playful, socially-engaged curriculum in attracting and retaining diverse students in STEAM fields.

著者
James Collin. Fey
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
Raquel B. Robinson
IT University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
Chen Ji
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
Ella Dagan
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
Shannon Campe
ETR Associates, Scotts Valley, California, United States
Kaia Schweig
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
Elliot Crisp
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
Carmen Alicia. Padilla De La Torre
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
Katherine Isbister
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
DOI

10.1145/3706598.3713843

論文URL

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713843

動画

会議: CHI 2025

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2025.acm.org/)

セッション: CS Education and Security

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