Fostering body movement in children through an exertion interface as an educational tool

We present an exertion interface called the Interactive Slide (Soler, Ferrer, Parés, 2009), a large inflatable slide augmented with virtual reality technology that offers the possibility to children to move freely in a large and diverse spatial area. Diversity of motor skills actions that children d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Castañer Balcells, Marta, Camerino Foguet, Oleguer, Parés, Narcís, 1966-, Landry, Pascal
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/25936
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/25936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.046
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Exergaming
Motor skills
Temporal patterns
Embodied Interaction
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Sumario:We present an exertion interface called the Interactive Slide (Soler, Ferrer, Parés, 2009), a large inflatable slide augmented with virtual reality technology that offers the possibility to children to move freely in a large and diverse spatial area. Diversity of motor skills actions that children do while playing were analyzed with observational methodology and sequential analysis through temporal pattern detection (T-patterns) to obtain behavior motor responses. The results reveal that the strategic virtual games of this Interactive Slide stimulate a large number of motor skills and a rich variability of them. Thus, in a pedagogical sense, it optimizes body movement in children while exergaming.