“How Would I Like to Read a Mawlawna EBook?”: Children’s Interests and Concerns When Reading EBooks

Abstract

This article focuses on research that explored Iranian children’s design ideas in conceptualizing and making their own Mawlawna eBooks. The participants include 34 children between the ages 7 to 15 years from two Iranian nonprofit organizations: the Children’s Book Council of Iran and the Librarian’s House. In an effort to incorporate children into the process of designing technology, the researcher asked the participants to imagine themselves not only as the recipients of technology but as co-designers of Mawlawna eBooks and share their suggestions. The results of this study show that the participants like to customize Mawlawna eBooks based on their personal interests and needs.