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Randell, C., Price, S., Rogers, Y., Harris, E., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2004). The ambient horn: Designing a novel audio-based learning experience. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 8, 177–183.
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The first attempt at the experiment had sounds triggered by subject proximity which generally tended to be ignored as part of the ambience: the "design of ambient sounds was ... too ambient". This was dealt with by requiring studetns to pro-actively trigger sounds when prompted to do so by flashing lights (these lights triggered by proximity to the sensors).
When talking of sonification, they provide three types of mapping of data onto sound:
arbitrary
symbolic
direct
As might be expected, symbolic sounds are more easily related to the intended process. Arbitrary sounds are more difficult to interpret but, nevertheless (and according to the conclusion - see my comments elsewhere here), do stimulate discussion and reflection on what might be going on (even if it's not understood what is going on).
