User Perceptions of Haptic Fidgets on Mobile Devices for Attention and Task Performance

Williams, Anna; Posadas, Brianna; Prioleau, Diandra; Laurenceau, Isabel; Gilbert, Juan E.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-94622-1_2

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“…which addresses Bailenson's suggestion that the reduced physical mobility during meetings may be a key contributor to Zoom fatigue [1]. Others have created smartphone apps that utilize vibration for tactile, haptic feedback for the purpose of attention regulation [33]. Research on mindfulness [7] and affective experience on work have further inspired HCI systems work [31].…”

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Virtual Fidgets: Opportunities and Design Principles for Bringing Fidgeting to Online Learning

Ross

Sullivan

Yoon

2023

Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We present design guidelines for incorporating fidgeting into the virtual world as a tool for students in online lectures. Fidgeting is associated with increased attention and self-regulation, and has the potential to help students focus. Currently there are no fidgets, physical or virtual, designed for preserving attention specifically in online learning environments, and no heuristics for designing fidgets within this domain. We identify three virtual fidget proxies to serve as design probes for studying student experiences with virtual fidgeting. Through a study of eight students using our virtual fidget proxies in online lectures, we identify eight emergent themes that encompass student experience with virtual fidgeting in lectures. Based on these themes, we present four principles for designing domain-specific virtual fidgets for online lectures. We identify that virtual fidgets for lectures should be context-aware, visually appealing, easy to adopt, and physically interactive. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in HCI.

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