Usability considerations make digital interactive book potential for inculcating interpersonal skills

Abstract

This paper reports on an initiative that discovers the potentials of digital interactive books or digital storytelling in developing and inculcating interpersonal skills among children. The rationale for such initiative is to help designing technology for good deeds for the children, who are the future leaders, because they are very much engaged with technologies. Hence, this paper aims at discussing the potentials of digital story-telling in developing the interpersonal skills among children. To achieve that, first, a prototype was designed, and then let users to experience it. Data were collected through observation and interview. In the end, it was initially found that the digital interactive book is potential in inculcating interpersonal skills among children.