Kids' games and educational app design

Kids’ games and educational
app design
Jan Krebber @krebbixux
Senior User Experience Consultant

2 © Nokia 2014 Kids apps and games.pptx 2014-18-03 Jan Krebber @krebbixux
• Opportunities
• Fundamentals
• Interaction design
• UX offering
• Take home messages
Overview

Mobile phone apps can support
physical outdoor activities.

New ways of learning – the workbook can
always be with you.

New ways of cooperation – dynamic task
splitting becomes reality.
individual alternating
split
merged
v
s

Reach students at the geographic and
economic edge.

Logging of learning
can help to
understand how
children learn.

Overcome the challenges:
• Insufficient reading skills
• Limited search strategies
• Very little patience
• Easy information overload
• Easy task distraction
• Easily working alone

In some areas, cell phones are banned from
primary and secondary schools.

Parents are still
needed.

In-app payment
requires child-lock.

There are various ways to create a child lock.
a) b)

There are various ways to create a child lock.

Combine physical activities
and mental exercise.

A draft outcome is fine
in mobile context.

Design for small screen.

Make it easy to learn and easy to utilise
content, especially for the teacher.

Be personal – be different.
Be mine.

Use clear and frequent
audio prompts.

Action triggers
on touch-down
not on finger lift.
(Vice versa than
for adults.)

Do not cache touch events.

Be careful with multi-touch.

Be careful with functionality.

Show immediate touch feedback.

Test the application with the target audience.

You find more UX considerations
from our UX libraries.

Check also “Design Tips for Game
Developers”.

In-app payment
requires child-lock.

Test the application with the target audience.

Literature and links.
• Nokia Asha UX libraries,
http://developer.nokia.com/resources/library/Asha_UI/inde
x.html
• Design tips for game developers,
http://developer.nokia.com/resources/library/Asha_UI/desi
gn-tips-for-game-developers.html
• Allison Druin, ed. (2009), Mobile technology for children
• Nielsen Norman Group, www.nngroup.com
• 4ourth mobile, www.4ourth.com

Thanks to:
- Maaike Beenen
- Sanna Hiukka
- Petri Kiukkonen
- Dirk Figge

Thanks. 
Jan Krebber
ext-jan.krebber@nokia.com
@krebbixux

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