碩士 / 國立臺北科技大學 / 互動媒體設計研究所 / 106 / Ever-evolving technologies allow modern libraries to introduce multiple digital devices to enable readers to more easily find their desired books. However, the cognitive abilities of children might bring about incorrect use of these devices. Therefore, it is imperative that libraries pursue innovative service such as smart book-finding specifically designed for children to accommodate their needs. In this study we employed expert interviews and current product analysis to examine the informational architecture, graphical user interface and interaction over smaller interfaces, thus formulating guidelines for the design of smaller interfaces. We also designed a book-finding user interface and navigation flow of the smartwatch interface based on the proposed guidelines. Finally, by the user testing in the childrens library, the paper analyzed the difference of behaviors between lower grades, intermediate grades and higher grades of primary school students, and found some of the problems of small interface design. According to these testing results, we revised the book-finding service flow and the smartwatch interface design.
This study is empirically applied to childrens library. The smartwatch with its graphical interface recommends books to 7-11 years old children during the concrete-operation stage. With the inbuilt navigation map and vibration, the smartwatch interface guides children to find the location of a book. Children can find the books they want more quickly and independently. Through our user testing, observations, questionnaires, interviews and the use of the System Usability Scale, this study found that the lower-grade students of primary school preferred following the navigation routes, by contrast, higher-grade students of primary school will not go completely follow the route set for them because they liked to be more independent. Also, these higher-grade students often tried to zoom and move the screen before deciding how to reach the target bookcase. In addition, the development of the book-finding navigation system is at GOOD level, and so can be used as a reference for smaller interface designs, and is therefore of great value to children’s libraries in the future.
This study is based on the above results and the proposed recommendations for smartwatch navigation interface are as follows: (1) The text should be easy to understand, and the size should be moderate. (2) The images should be between abstract and figurative. (3) The information architecture levels should be within three layers. (4) “Click” is better than “swipe”. (5) Better to have a tutorial as well as voice guidance. (6) Give immediate feedback. In the case of mobile navigation mode, the spatial cognition in children is different from adults. Children do not adapt well to the navigation mode in the smartwatch which constantly updates to show the shortest part to their destination. This study proposes a fixed-route navigation mode, where children can watch the fixed route as a reference, which will reduce cognitive overload when using constantly-updated routes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/106TIT05641001 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Wei-Ching Wang, 王薇晴 |
| Contributors | Chun-Ching Chen, 陳圳卿 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 87 |
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