IDC-IDMF24: Inclusive Digital Maker Futures for Children via Physical Computing Delft University of Technology Delft, Netherlands, June 17, 2024 |
Conference website | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/event/inclusive-digital-maker-futures-workshop/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=idcidmf24 |
Submission deadline | April 15, 2024 |
Call for Participation (IDC 2024 workshop)
Inclusive Digital Maker Futures for Children via Physical Computing
23rd ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC) June 17-20, 2024
Overview. This workshop will bring together researchers and educators to imagine a future of low-cost, widely available digital making for children, both within the STEAM classroom and beyond. The main focus will be on expanding the reach of digital making with programmable microcontrollers (such as Arduino, the BBC micro:bit, etc.) to underrepresented children in the STEAM fields, which includes historically excluded or marginalized children as well as those lacking access to computers and/or the Internet. Participants will report on their experience helping children learn about digital technology while creating physical computing systems, including wearables, robotics, environmental sensors and more. Participants who submit a position paper or work-in-progress report will have an opportunity to present their work and ideas. From these presentations, we will select emerging themes to discuss.
Key Dates
- Submissions due: April 15, 2024
- Notifications: May 1, 2024
- Conference early registration deadline: May 15, 2024
- Workshop and Conference registration deadline: June 1, 2024
- Workshop: Monday June 17, 2024
Goals and outcomes. The goals of the workshop are to:
- to facilitate discussions about inclusive digital making for children using programmable micro-controllers;
- to explore the benefits and challenges of inclusive digital making;
- to discuss open questions and future directions for the field
The workshop outcome will be a vision statement about the future of digital maker technologies, with particular consideration given to the needs of a diverse set of children. We will also document a collection of inclusive educational resources for widely available programmable micro-controllers such as the BBC micro:bit and Arduino. We hope these will inspire a new population of educators and students from around the globe to engage with STEAM subjects. Workshop participants will come away with new knowledge and experience to drive their own efforts in inclusive digital making.
Format. This is full day workshop that include hands-on activities with the BBC micro:bit and MicroCode, lightning talks on experiences teaching with programmable micro-controllers and new research directions, as well as group discussions on ways to address the digital divide in STEAM. We will make all accepted papers available via the web before the workshop and use them to organize presentations and discussions. The workshop will provide opportunities for participants to work hands-on with MicroCode, an experience that combines the micro:bit V2 with a display accessory to enable live and portable programming without the need for a separate computer. The MicroCode project is open source. Hardware will be made available during the workshop. Familiarity with programmable micro-controllers is not required.
Participation. Participation in this workshop does not require the submission of a paper; however, participants are encouraged to submit a brief statement describing their interest and motivation in joining the workshop. Everyone who wishes to participate should submit one of the following:
- a statement of interest (email a few paragraphs to idc-idmf24@service.microsoft.com)
- a position paper or work-in-progress report (see below for more detail)
Those who wish to present must submit either a position paper or work-in-progress report.
Paper submissions for Lightning Talks. We welcome paper submissions of position papers, work-in-progress reports for a lightning talk, related to inclusive digital making for children:
- position papers including but not limited to discussing research questions, methodology, opportunities, benefits, challenges, or implications of inclusive digital making for children;
- work-in progress reports including but not limited to preliminary results, demonstrations, case studies, or surveys that highlight current research in inclusive digital making for children.
Paper length is limited to 4 pages maximum, including references. The selection will be based on the relevance and quality of the papers submitted. Accepted papers will be invited to present their submission in a dedicated lightning talk session. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and attend the workshop and main conference. Submissions should be in single column PDF format, following ACM SIGCHI Paper Format. Templates are available for Word and Overleaf. Submissions should not be anonymized.
Submit your paper via EasyChair by April 15, 2024. Notifications will go out May 1, 2024.