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No problem! It seems there has been a lot more interest in using mobiles in
non-science-center ILIs (e.g., history museums, natural history museums,
aquaria, zoos, etc.), at least judging by the academic literature. If
you're interested in the refs for those uses too, I'd be happy to share
them, just let me know. For example, this study looked at how different
multimedia choices affected how much a handheld aquarium guide interfered
with the visitor experience:
Bellotti, F., Berta, R., Gloria, A., and Margarone, M. User testing a
hypermedia tour guide. *Pervasive Computing 1*, 2 (2002), 33-41.
- Leilah Lyons
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Paul Siboroski <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Thanks so much this is very helpful.
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> I have a copy of Sherry's 2003 report in the Journal of Computing Learning
> if anyone would like.
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> Loic Tallon & Kevin Walker put out an edited book a while back that
> covered the topic, although I don't know how exclusive it was to hands-on
> museums (I recall there being a chapter or two about art museums):
>
> Tallon, L. and Walker, K. (Eds). *Digital Technologies and the Museum
> Experience: Handheld Guides and Other Media*. Altamira Press, Lanham, MD,
> 2008.
>
> The Liberty Science Center was experimenting with mobiles as well, some of
> which I think might have been captured in this book (I have not read it so
> I can't say for sure):
>
> http://museumsetc.com/products/technology-and-creativity
> <tooting-own-horn>
> I experimented with using mobiles as interfaces to shared exhibits at a
> hands-on science center, where I specifically was looking at how much the
> handheld "hogged" the attention of users (in sum: it did capture their
> attention, but users were pretty good about shifting attention between the
> device and the exhibit):
> http://www.cs.uic.edu/~llyons/papers/cscl_09.pdf
> </tooting-own-horn>
>
> ...but in my case the visitors were digitally, not physically,
> manipulating the exhibit. I believe Sherry did look at how visitors juggled
> (sometimes
> literally) mobiles and physical hands-on exhibits in one or more of her
> papers:
>
> Hsi, S. I-Guides in Progress: Two Prototype Applications for Museum
> Educators and Visitors Using Wireless Technologies to Support Informal
> Science Learning. In *Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on
> Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education (WMTE'04)*, IEEE Computer
> Society (2004).
>
> Hsi, S. A study of user experiences mediated by nomadic web content in a
> museum. *Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 19*, 3 (2003), 308-319.
>
> Hope that helps; would love to hear what others know on this topic!
>
> - Leilah Lyons
>
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> > Can someone point me to the latest surveys, data reports on the topic
> > of usefulness (or interference) of using handheld devices in Science
> Centers?
> > I know of the Exploratorium report dated 2003 by Sherry Hsi on the
> topic.
> >
> > What is the latest on reasonable expectations of using this technology?
> > Does it ultimately interfere with the hands-on experience? Do
> > visitors expect us to have that option when they come?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Paul M. Siboroski
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