interactive media applicationslab.NMED 3203 / TEACHING APPROACH & BIBLIOGRAPHY
Play an idea.
Read it. Change it.
The eight premise/promise pairs are this course’s teaching framework. The publications below offer conceptual, empirical and critical lenses; they do not establish this framework as a canonical taxonomy or demonstrate the learning effectiveness of this platform.
How the learning activities connect
Editable experiments invite learners to make and inspect a change. Constructionism (Papert & Harel, 1991) and Scratch (Resnick et al., 2009) inform this making-and-remixing approach. Constructive alignment (Biggs, 1996) connects each learning goal to an activity and evidence in the remix submission.
Playing with an interface alone does not guarantee deeper learning. In ICAP (Chi & Wylie, 2014), interactive engagement refers to people constructing understanding together. The prompts therefore invite prediction, explanation and comparison, with optional peer discussion.
Feedback on a learner’s work (Hattie & Timperley, 2007) differs from the interface feedback studied in the sequencer lesson. Remix assessment can consider the artefact, the design decisions and the learner’s account of the change (Brennan & Resnick, 2012).
How to use the readings
Begin with the chapter’s Start here selection. Further readings and counterpoints are optional. Each chapter distinguishes academic publications from artist and project documentation.
Some links lead to publicly readable author or institutional copies; others lead to book records, excerpts or publications that may require library access. A publicly readable copy does not imply permission to redistribute it. This collection links to sources rather than bundling their full texts.
The research included selected full-text sections, abstracts and publisher records. Books were not read in full for this curation. The accompanying research dossier records the review depth for each work. Source links were checked during the research dated 19 October 2026; future access may change.
The full reading shelf
conference paper · Accessible paper copy
Agency Reconsidered
Noah Wardrip-Fruin; Michael Mateas; Steven Dow; Serdar Sali (2009). Proceedings of DiGRA 2009.
book · Book / library access
Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace
Janet H. Murray (2017). MIT Press.
Updated edition; original edition 1997. ISBN 9780262533485.
journal article · Accessible paper copy
Direct Manipulation: A Step Beyond Programming Languages
Ben Shneiderman (1983). Computer.
16(8), 57–69
journal article · Publication / author resource
Networked Interactivity
Sheizaf Rafaeli; Fay Sudweeks (1997). Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
2(4), article JCMC243
design theory article · Publication / author resource
What is interaction? Are there different types?
Hugh Dubberly; Usman Haque; Paul Pangaro (2009). interactions.
16(1), 69–75. DOI omitted: publisher endpoint inaccessible during verification.
book · Publisher excerpt
Human–Machine Reconfigurations: Plans and Situated Actions
Lucy A. Suchman (2007). Cambridge University Press.
2nd edition. Paperback ISBN 9780521675888. Linked PDF is an excerpt, not the full book.
journal article · Accessible paper copy
Direct Manipulation Interfaces
Edwin L. Hutchins; James D. Hollan; Donald A. Norman (1985). Human–Computer Interaction.
1(4), 311–338
book · Book / library access
The Design of Everyday Things
Donald A. Norman (2013). Basic Books.
Revised and expanded edition. ISBN 9780465050659.
book · Book / library access
Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Norbert Wiener (1961). MIT Press.
2nd edition; original edition 1948. ISBN 9780262230070.
conference paper · Publication / author resource
Temporal Trajectories in Shared Interactive Narratives
Steve Benford; Gabriella Giannachi (2008). Proceedings of CHI 2008.
73–82
conference paper · Accessible paper copy
How Fast is Fast Enough? A Study of the Effects of Latency in Direct-Touch Pointing Tasks
Ricardo Jota; Albert Ng; Paul Dietz; Daniel Wigdor (2013). Proceedings of CHI 2013.
2291–2300
journal article · Publication / author resource
Slow Technology—Designing for Reflection
Lars Hallnäs; Johan Redström (2001). Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.
5(3), 201–212. Author page indexed; direct retrieval failed.
conference paper · Accessible paper copy
Technology Affordances
William W. Gaver (1991). Proceedings of CHI 1991.
79–84
journal article · Publication / author resource
Defining Game Mechanics
Miguel Sicart (2008). Game Studies.
8(2)
workshop paper · Accessible paper copy
MDA: A Formal Approach to Game Design and Game Research
Robin Hunicke; Marc LeBlanc; Robert Zubek (2004). AAAI Workshop on Challenges in Game AI.
AAAI Technical Report WS-04-04
journal article · Accessible paper copy
Understanding and Using Context
Anind K. Dey (2001). Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.
5(1), 4–7
journal article · Accessible paper copy
What We Talk About When We Talk About Context
Paul Dourish (2004). Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.
8(1), 19–30
conference paper · Accessible paper copy
Tangible Bits: Towards Seamless Interfaces between People, Bits and Atoms
Hiroshi Ishii; Brygg Ullmer (1997). Proceedings of CHI 1997.
234–241. DOI omitted from export; institutional record and paper consulted.
conference paper · Publication / author resource
Flocks, Herds, and Schools: A Distributed Behavioral Model
Craig W. Reynolds (1987). Computer Graphics / SIGGRAPH 1987.
21(4), 25–34. Author page links full article.
conference paper · Accessible paper copy
The Open and the Closed: Games of Emergence and Games of Progression
Jesper Juul (2002). Computer Games and Digital Cultures Conference Proceedings.
323–329. Tampere University Press.
journal article · Publication / author resource
Dynamic Models of Segregation
Thomas C. Schelling (1971). The Journal of Mathematical Sociology.
1(2), 143–186
conference paper · Publication / author resource
A Behavior Model for Persuasive Design
B. J. Fogg (2009). Proceedings of Persuasive 2009.
Original paper link on official resource opens a Google Drive viewer; reliable direct full-text access not confirmed.
book · Book / library access
Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming
Anthony Dunne; Fiona Raby (2013). MIT Press.
ISBN 9780262019842. A 2024 paperback reissue has a new preface; citation here is to the 2013 edition.
open access book · Open-access book
Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
Sasha Costanza-Chock (2020). MIT Press.
conference paper · Accessible paper copy
Research through Design as a Method for Interaction Design Research in HCI
John Zimmerman; Jodi Forlizzi; Shelley Evenson (2007). Proceedings of CHI 2007.
493–502
book chapter · Publication / author resource
Situating Constructionism
Seymour Papert; Idit Harel (1991). Constructionism, edited by Idit Harel and Seymour Papert. Ablex Publishing.
journal article · Publication / author resource
Scratch: Programming for All
Mitchel Resnick; John Maloney; Andrés Monroy-Hernández; Natalie Rusk; Evelyn Eastmond; Karen Brennan; Amon Millner; Eric Rosenbaum; Jay Silver; Brian Silverman; Yasmin Kafai (2009). Communications of the ACM.
52(11), 60–67. Author list checked against MIT Scratch research listing.
conference paper · Publication / author resource
New Frameworks for Studying and Assessing the Development of Computational Thinking
Karen Brennan; Mitchel Resnick (2012). American Educational Research Association annual meeting.
AERA 2012 conference paper; not a journal article. Linked institutional PDF was access restricted.
journal article · Accessible paper copy
The ICAP Framework: Linking Cognitive Engagement to Active Learning Outcomes
Michelene T. H. Chi; Ruth Wylie (2014). Educational Psychologist.
49(4), 219–243
journal article · Publication / author resource
Enhancing Teaching through Constructive Alignment
John Biggs (1996). Higher Education.
32(3), 347–364
review article · Accessible paper copy
The Power of Feedback
John Hattie; Helen Timperley (2007). Review of Educational Research.
77(1), 81–112
design method article · Publication / author resource
Annotated Portfolios
William Gaver; John Bowers (2012). interactions.
19(4), 40–49
journal article · Accessible paper copy
The art of interaction
Ernest Edmonds (2010). Digital Creativity.
21(4), 257–264. Volume year 2010; online publication 2011.
book chapter · Publication / author resource
Transforming Mirrors: Subjectivity and Control in Interactive Media
David Rokeby (1995). Critical Issues in Electronic Media, edited by Simon Penny. SUNY Press.
conference paper · Accessible paper copy
Social Immersive Media: Pursuing Best Practices for Multi-user Interactive Camera/Projector Exhibits
Scott S. Snibbe; Hayes S. Raffle (2009). Proceedings of CHI 2009.
1447–1456