Design Resource
Designing for Children Papers 2021
'Play and Learn'
by
National Speakers
The list of papers was selected for presentation during the conference.
1. Aakash Johry, Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands and Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, IDC IIT Bombay, India
Assessing playfulness of a toy play interaction: A research with differently abled children with communication challenges.
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2. Abhay Verma, Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar, India
Exploring the semantic way of teaching English language to the children of Indian vernacular medium schools.
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3. Aditi Deshpande, Symbiosis Institute of Design, India
Design for Difference: Cognitive Enhancement Toys for Children with Developmental delays.
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• Aditi-Deshpande-Design-for-Difference.pdf......
4. Aditi Parikh, World University of Design, Sonepat, India
Teaching visual language of design and implementing it to teach other subjects in primary school.
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5. Ahmad Muzaffar Kemsan, Ifrah Shahdad, Amardeep Singh Tulla and Anzer Ahmed Posh, Islamic University of Science and Technology, India
Development of an Assistive Haptic Device for Refinement of Motor Skills in Children.
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6. Dr. Ajanta Sen, Director, Solar Project, Mumbai, India and Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, IDC School of Design IIT Bombay
Design of an Icon-driven Augmentative and Assisted Communication System for Children experiencing Difficulty with Speech and Language.
7. Amit Deshmukh and Dr. Nachiket Thakur, MIT Institute of design, MIT ADT University, India
Board games and education Transitions & Transformations.
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8. Anand Palsodkar, Elephant Design Pvt Ltd, India
Plezmo : Education platform for children to ‘Learn through play.
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9. Anisha Malhotra Dalvi, Adithi Muralidhar and Sugra Chunawala, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, India
Design of symbolic science characters: a visual design exercise with children.
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10. Anusha Ramanathan and Louisa Rosenheck, CEIAR, TISS, India
The CLIx Open Story Tool: A World of Interaction.
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11. Apoorva Jain, Ambedkar University, Delhi, India.
Designing an experiential multi-perspective lens to storytelling.
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12. Avik Roy and Bhagyashri Sharma, KIIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, India.
DESIGNING FOR CHILDREN THROUGH PLAY & LEARN _Adapting to a Digital Future.
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13. Binal Kamdar and Aastha Patel, TeachSTEAM, India.
Investigating Six Bricks as an effective and affordable design for early skill development of communication through play.
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14. Ekta S and Dr. Koumudi Patil, CPDM, IISc, Bangalore, India.
Design considerations for designing of Spatial- Number Sense manipulatives.
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15. Gaurav Vaidya, Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India.
Human Centred Design Approach in Development of Educational Toy: A case study of Alphabets Learning.
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16. Jinan K B, Existential knowledge foundation, India.
Not play; but playfulness- Not ready made toys; but making of toys Exploring how children create knowledge by decoding various experiences and what can design education learn from it.
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17. Kali Rawat, PEARL ACADEMY, MUMBAI, India.
Pink or Blue: The Gender Profiling of Toys and Consequent Social and Cultural Connotations.
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18. Leena Jain, Design Innovation and Craft Resource Center (DICRC), CEPT University, India.
Culturally inclined games: A way to trigger quest for understanding ethnic identities.
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19. MC Kumari and B. Gurumoorthy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Open design for enabling better access to STEM education for children.
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20. Muralidhar Krishna Reddy and Ritu Sonalika, CMR University, India.
TAKTILE- Reggio inspired range of 'Learning-Play' products.
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21. Nrupaja Bhide, BAIF Development and Research Foundation, India.
Designing a pathway to holistic learning.
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22. Nutan Bharati and Dr. Gomathi Jatin Shah, TISS, India.
Playing Together a Learning Experience : ELeCT Curriculum & Human Factors in Design.
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23. Prachi Mittal and Vishnu Kant, Indian Institute of Art & Design (IIAD), New Delhi, India.
DESIGNED TO PROPEL - Using Visual Design Principles to Promote Meaningful Learning in Constructivist Classrooms in K-5 Schools.
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24. Pragati Saraf and Dr. Keyur Sorathia, Embedded interaction lab, IIT Guwahati, India
Engaging Educational Interactions for Primary School Students.
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25. Dr. Prajakta Parvatikar, Rachana Sansad College of Applied Art and Craft, India.
Children Storybooks Weaving Contemporary Stories with Indian Traditional Art forms.
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26. Prakash Kumar and Prakrarti Pateria, Shiv Nadar University, India
Conceptual models for better teaching and learning experience: An account of designing effective conceptual models for education kits of NCERT.
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27. Preeti Goel Sanghi, Tanvi Jindal Shete, Mahika Shishodia, Shefali Bohra and Aishwariya Narvekar, JSW Foundation, India.
Museum of Solutions.
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28. Puja Anand, Urmimala Bora and Alok Bhasin, Pearl Academy, India
Communing with Nature : Integrating Biophilic Design in Interior Environments of Play Schools.
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29. Purvi Tank, Studio Saransh, India
Learning environments: Absorption or mere adsorption.
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• Purvi-Tank-Learning-environments-Absorption-or-mere-adsorption.pdf......
30. Dr. Sampurna Guha, Asst. Prof, AIRS, Amity University, Noida, India.
Toys as child centric multisensory play way tools for learning: Case studies focusing on usage of Channapatna toys and Montessori didactic materials.
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• Sampurna Guha-Toys-as-child-centric-multisensory-play-way-tools-for-learning.pdf......
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31. Satish Awate, Centre for Environment Education, India
Bio-cultural Diversity and Sustainability Learning Curriculum for Maharashtra.
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32. Shamin Padalkar, Rafikh Shaikh Prayas and Sutar Arunachal Kumar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India.
Designing play-based learning material under constraints.
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33. Shraddha Chadha, National Institute of Fashion Technology, India
A Qualitative Study to Create An Assisting Aid for Parents and Children with Special Learning Needs.
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34. Soorya Menon, Anand Ramaswami, Tarun Gangwar and Kshiteesh Kulkarni,
Next Education India Pvt Limited, India
Using Programmable Toys to Develop Computational Thinking in Young Learners.
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35. Sree Mahit Munakala, Chetan Manda and Sharmistha Banerjee, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Tackling Anger in Children with Hearing Impairment.
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36. Srishti Mehrotra, National Institute of Design, India
Designing a learning-integrated, play-inspired assessment framework for children aged 11-15.
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37. Sudebi Thakurata, Srishti Institute of Art, Design &Technology and Depicentre Consulting and Probal Banerjee, Depicentre Consulting, India
The interplay of Design and Play as a way of learning - a pedagogical inquiry.
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• Sudebi_The Inter-play of design_and _play_as a way of learning.pdf......
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38. Sukhdeep Singh, National Institute of Design, India
Inclusive playgrounds for primary school children.
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• Sukhdeep-Singh-Play-Spaces-and-Children.pdf......
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39. Surabhi Khanna, National Institute of Design Haryana, India.
Toys & tales: experiencing design process.
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40. Susmita Roy, Dr. Pankaj Pratap Singh and Abhijit Padun, Central Institute of Technology, India
Preserving the tradition and culture of North East India through digital and interactive game based learning for children.
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41. T Srivani, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Hyderabad, India
A Journey Into Classroom Experience of Budding Designers in Creative Product Designing for Kids.
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42. Tanvi Singhal, Alok Bhasin and Puja Anand, Pearl Academy, India.
Integrating an Element of Play in Healthcare Environment for Children.
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43. Upasna Bhandari and Dr. Deepak John Mathew, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India.
Exploring Play and Learn Methodology and its effectiveness among Middle School Students in India.
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44. Vaishali Borker, India.
Aspect of SUBTLENESS in the learning environment.
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45. Vasudha Sarin, National Institute of Design , Gandhinagar, India
Tip Toe - A Multisensory Play Experience for Visually Impaired Children.
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| Attachment | Size |
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 Development_of_an_Assistive_Haptic_Device_for_Refinement_of_Motor_Skills.mp4 | 101.69 MB |
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| Children_Storybook–Weaving_Contemporary_Stories_with_Traditional_Artforms.mp4 | 450.71 MB |
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| Biocultural_Diversity_and_Sustainability_Learning_Curriculum_for_Maharashtra.mp4 | 117.05 MB |