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A Board Game and a Workshop for Co-creating Smart Nature Ecosystems

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Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 9th International Conference (MIS4TEL 2019)

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Abstract

Younger generations from urban areas spend an increasing amount of time indoors with technology, e.g., with mobiles. GEKI is an exploratory project that investigates how to co-create with younger generations smart nature ecosystems and get them to spend time outdoors. This paper presents the design of a novel board game and a workshop with it for co-creating such an ecosystem with children.

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  1. Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

    Rosella Gennari, Alessandra Melonio & Eftychia Roumelioti

  2. Milan Polytechnics, Milan, Italy

    Maristella Matera

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Computer Science Faculty, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

    Rosella Gennari

  2. Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

    Pierpaolo Vittorini

  3. Department of Computer Science and Automation Control , University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Fernando De la Prieta

  4. Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

    Tania Di Mascio

  5. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Automatica e Gestionale , Sapienza Università di Roma , Rome, Italy

    Marco Temperini

  6. Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

    Ricardo Azambuja Silveira

  7. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia

    Demetrio Arturo Ovalle Carranza

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Gennari, R., Melonio, A., Matera, M., Roumelioti, E. (2020). A Board Game and a Workshop for Co-creating Smart Nature Ecosystems. In: Gennari, R., et al. Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 9th International Conference. MIS4TEL 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1007 . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23990-9_17

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