Teenagers Re-Design a Collaborative Mobile App to Kindle Motivation for Learning About Energy Consumption

Abstract

Previous work informed the design of a collaborative mobile application to support learning about personal energy consumption. In this study teenagers used and re-designed the application. Collaboration with other members of society emerged as a potentially significant motivating factor. Findings also indicate participants were not clear how energy issues will affect them, which might impact on motivation to learn. The work contributes to our understanding of how to design collaborative learning technologies about energy consumption that are motivating to teenagers.