Research

My current research focuses on getting and keeping children engaged with a constructionist design tool for craft and math. The software, DigiQuilt, is a manipulative-based design environment for children to design patchwork quilt blocks and learn about fractions and symmetry along the way. DigiQuilt has been used in classrooms and at home by third through fifth graders for the past three years over the course of its development.

Publications:

Rick, J. and Lamberty, K.K. (2005). Medium-based design: Extending a medium to create an exploratory learning environment. Interactive Learning Environments, 13(3):179–212.

Lamberty, K.K. & Kolodner, J.L. (2005). Camera Talk: Making the Camera a Partial Participant. Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI 2005) Portland, Oregon, April 2-7. (pp. 839-848). New York, NY: ACM Press.

Abrahamson, D., Blikstein, P., Lamberty, K. K., & Wilensky, U. (2005). Mixed-media learning environments. In M. Eisenberg & A. Eisenberg (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference for Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2005). Boulder, Colorado.

Lamberty, K.K. & Kolodner, J.L. (2004). Towards a New Kind of Computational Manipulative: Children Learning Math and Designing Quilts with Manipulatives That Afford Both. In A. Druin, J.P. Hourcade, & S. Kollet (Eds.), Proceedings of Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2004: Building a Community. (pp. 143-144). New York, NY: ACM Press.

Rick, J. & Lamberty, K. K. (2004). Medium-Based Design: Supporting Bricoleur Designers. In Y. Kafai et al. (Eds.), Embracing Diversity in the Learning Sciences: The proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). (pp. 630). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. [PDF (long version)] [Word Format]

Lamberty, K.K., Kolodner, J.L. (2002) Exploring Digital Quilt Design Using Manipulatives as a Math Learning Tool. In P. Bell, R. Stevens, & T. Satwicz (Eds.), Keeping Learning Complex: The proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) (pp.552-553). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. [PDF Format]

Lamberty, K.K., Mitchell, A. Ownesby, J.N., Sternberg, D. & Kolodner, J.L. (2001) SMILE: Promoting transfer in a design-based science classroom. A paper presented at the University of Georgia Department of Instructional Technology's Design: Connect, Create, Collaborate Conference. Athens, Georgia. [PDF Format]

Conferences of interest

(CHI2005) - Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
(IDC2005) - Interaction Design and Children
(ICLS2004) - International Conference of the Learning Sciences
(IDC2004) - Interaction Design and Children
(DIS2004) - Designing Interactive Systems
(DCC2004) -First International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition
(GraceHopper) - Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

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