Abstract
This paper presents FearNot!, an innovative anti-bullying intervention for 8-12 year old children, illustrating the potential of Virtual Learning Environments in providing supportive secure experiential learning for challenging social situations. The innovative technological approach taken to FearNot! is briefly described, along with an overview of the evaluation approach used to assess FearNot! with over 800 children in the UK and Germany. The demo of FearNot! provides participants with the opportunity to experience leading edge technology adopted for a classroom intervention Copyright 2009 ACM.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of IDC 2009 - The 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children |
Pages | 276-277 |
Number of pages | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Event | 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children - Como, Italy Duration: 3 Jun 2009 → 5 Jun 2009 |
Conference
Conference | 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children |
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Abbreviated title | IDC 2009 |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Como |
Period | 3/06/09 → 5/06/09 |
Keywords
- Bullying
- Coping strategies
- Role play
- Synthetic characters
- Virtual learning environments