Digital musical instrument mobile app for children with sensorimotor impairment
Digital musical instrument mobile app for children with sensorimotor impairment
This article presents the development and evaluation of HandI, a motion-based digital musical instrument (DMI) mobile app, for the musical engagement and expression of children with sensorimotor impairment. HandI uses the smartphone’s orientation as the input control for musical expression, attempting to remove sensorimotor barriers and empower such children to engage and express themselves through music-making. An evaluation with music practitioners and caretakers (N = 10) yielded positive feedback on the app’s effectiveness in engaging sensorimotor-impaired children with musical games, while also yielding suggestions to improve the control interaction and functionality to better cater to children’s diversified learning needs. The findings of this study shed light on the design of human–computer interaction (HCI) and adaptive technology for the musical enjoyment and empowerment of children with functional diversity, helping to create a more equal, diversified and inclusive (EDI) learning environment.
accessibility, adaptive technology, functional diversity, inclusive education, music education, special needs
5-24
Cheng, Lee
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Lam, Chi Ying
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2023
Cheng, Lee
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Lam, Chi Ying
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Cheng, Lee and Lam, Chi Ying
(2023)
Digital musical instrument mobile app for children with sensorimotor impairment.
Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 16 (1), .
(doi:10.1386/jmte_00057_1).
Abstract
This article presents the development and evaluation of HandI, a motion-based digital musical instrument (DMI) mobile app, for the musical engagement and expression of children with sensorimotor impairment. HandI uses the smartphone’s orientation as the input control for musical expression, attempting to remove sensorimotor barriers and empower such children to engage and express themselves through music-making. An evaluation with music practitioners and caretakers (N = 10) yielded positive feedback on the app’s effectiveness in engaging sensorimotor-impaired children with musical games, while also yielding suggestions to improve the control interaction and functionality to better cater to children’s diversified learning needs. The findings of this study shed light on the design of human–computer interaction (HCI) and adaptive technology for the musical enjoyment and empowerment of children with functional diversity, helping to create a more equal, diversified and inclusive (EDI) learning environment.
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Accepted/In Press date: 10 February 2023
Published date: 2023
Keywords:
accessibility, adaptive technology, functional diversity, inclusive education, music education, special needs
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Local EPrints ID: 476711
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/476711
ISSN: 1752-7066
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Chi Ying Lam
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