An overarching problem is that academic researchers face many challenges while conducting research with teenagers. The Teen Design Lab aims to solve these pain points. No more boring questionnaires! The Teen Design Lab re-imagines the way researchers and teenagers collaborate. Researchers can now easily create unique and fun activities such as a robot face designer, interactive polls, or design challenges, all within a singular platform. Teenagers simply sign in and start interacting with the activities. By engaging with the platform’s myriad of activities, the teenager is informing on various research studies within the MeLab in an entirely anonymized environment.
Target Participants
High School Teenagers, Academic Researchers
Research Question
How might we reimagine a new way to increase engagement between academic researchers and teenagers?
Investigators
Elin Björling – Human-Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE)
Emma Rose – School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (SIAS – UWT)
Students Researchers
Christopher Sim – Graduate Student Researcher (HCDE)
Lia Johansen – Undergraduate Student Researcher (HCDE)
Suchi Sridhar – Undergraduate Student Researcher (CSE)
Mehul Joshi -Undergraduate Student Researcher (CSE)
Outreach
The Teen Design Lab is currently working with Garfield High School in Seattle for the design and development of the Teen Design Lab platform.