A futuristic design vision of tangible user interfaces on enhancing Montessori

ABSTRACT

Montessori considers as an effective method that is commonly used in nurseries to improve the mental performance and develop the cognitive skills toward children. Tangible user interfaces (TUI) is an effective tool that allows interaction with physical objects in a way that makes this interaction augmented through embedded computation. This paper proposed a new concept of Montessori, which is Interactive Technological Montessori (ITM) using TUI. It aims to measure the impact of using TUI on enhancing the effectiveness of Montessori and make a new futuristic design vision for Montessori activities to motivate children positively. The findings of this paper revealed that Merging TUI with ITM has a great potential to increase the efficiency of Montessori. In addition to considering the appropriate design principles and Multi aging group work help children to be motivated positively to interact with the Montessori activities.

KEYWORDS:

• Montessori
• interactive technological Montessori (ITM)
• tangible user interfaces (TUI)
• futuristic design vision
• interactive design principles

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Sara Ahmed Sayed Ali

Sara Ahmed Sayed Ali is currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Arts and Design at October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Egypt. She received her Ph.D., M.Sc and B.Sc. from the department of Advertising design, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Egypt in 2018, 2014, and 2010. Dr Sara is a specialist in teaching interaction designs and graphic design. Her researches interest in finding new design strategies to enhance usability and improve user interface design. She was a recipient of many awards on several occasions and competitions.

Neila Chettaoui

Neila Chettaoui is currently a Ph.D. student at the National Engineering School of Sfax, Tunisia. Her research interests include Multimodal Interaction, TUI, New Technology for Learning, Embodied Interaction, and Adaptive Learning.

Ayman Atia

Ayman Atia is an Associate professor at the Faculty of Computer Science, MSA and Helwan University, Egypt. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, in 2011. He is co-founder of HCI-LAB, and head of the interaction group. His research interests cover the wide spectrum of Human–Computer Interaction including Gestures and Natural Interfaces, TUI, Embodied Interaction, Adaptive Learning, Wearable Sensors, Augmented Reality, and Brain-Computer Interaction.

Med. Salim Bouhlel

Med. Salim Bouhlel is currently a Full Professor at Sfax University, Tunisia. He is Founder and Head of SETIT Research Lab. His research interests include Image Processing, Human–Computer Interaction, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Signal Processing.

Dalia Mohamed Abdel Mohaiman

Dalia Mohamed Abd El Mohaiman is an Associate Professor of Arts and Design at October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA) in Egypt. She received a Ph.D., Master and Bachelor’s degrees from the Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, 2010, 2003, and 1998, respectively.Dr Dalia has published many research papers. She was interested in the Montessori system and published a paper entitled “Montessori Education as a New Method for Teaching Colors in Fundamentals of Design” 2017; she obtained certificates in several exhibitions (Photography & Plastic Arts). Dr Dalia is one of the founders of the “Engineering Technical Office” and working as an interior designer until now. She Founded “2ad7ak wa da7khom” group at MSA University in 2017 that aims to help the children’s community.