Contextual design

Beyer, Hugh; Holtzblatt, Karen

doi:10.1145/291224.291229

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“…According to Snyder 'paper prototyping' is 'a widely used method for designing, testing and refining user interfaces ' (2003, p. 3). Proponents of paper prototyping suggest it offers a fast means of providing a reasonably 'deep' experience of a potential technology with the ability to rapidly iterate through versions of the design (see: Beyer and Holtzblatt, 1999;Snyder, 2003).…”

Section: Anticipatory Logics Of Ubicompmentioning

confidence: 99%

Anticipating ubiquitous computing: Logics to forecast technological futures

Kinsley

2011

Geoforum

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Section: Anticipatory Logics Of Ubicompmentioning

confidence: 99%

Anticipating ubiquitous computing: Logics to forecast technological futures

Kinsley

2011

Geoforum

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“…One researcher transcribed the audio data, extracting comments that specifically reflected on the probes. A printout of the full data set, documented in a spreadsheet format, was cut into small pieces (one comment per piece) from which the research team collaboratively developed an affinity diagram (Beyer & Holtzblatt, 1999). We physically grouped elements that seemed to be related, discussed our groupings and subgrouping, and reflected on the emergent fit before finalizing the diagram, giving names to the themes, and, finally, captured the outcome in spreadsheet format.…”

Section: Analysis Of the Reflective Datamentioning

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2013

Human Technology

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Human Technology is an interdisciplinary, scholarly journal that presents innovative, peer-reviewed articles exploring the issues and challenges surrounding human-technology interaction and the human role in all areas of our ICT-infused societies.Human Technology is published by the Agora Center, University of Jyväskylä and distributed without a charge online. TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT LEARNING, WELL-BEING, AND COMMUNICATIONThe Finnish information society, including its school system, is facing many challenges at the moment. Decision makers, such as representatives of the Ministry of Education and Culture, have raised lively discussion on the basis of the recent PISA results. 1 The trend among Finnish students' performance in the PISA study during the last decade is descendant. Altogether, the recent studies indicate particular worries related to both negative attitudes and lack of motivation towards learning among Finnish students, as these factors seem to be coupled with the performance and learning outcomes (Hautamäki, Kupiainen, Marjanen, Vainikainen, & Hotulainen, 2013; Kupari et al., 2013).One of the suggestions for renewing our school practices is to develop innovative pedagogical and knowledge practices that also utilize technologies. Although technologies have been developed for educational purposes already for almost two decades, many practical questions remain outstanding. Certainly the issues of the availability (accessibility and cost) and demand for flexibility (time, place, and pace) in learning remain challenges for employing, for example, distance learning in most educational systems. Yet these are not the actual bottlenecks for the more widespread and productive use of technologies in teaching or learning. Rather, the challenge frequently relates to educators' hesitant attitudes toward their abilities in applying new pedagogical approaches and utilizing technologies to support them. Moreover, because traditional models of learning have not inspired researchers and teachers to develop innovative pedagogical practices, research and development work within the field has shifted toward a focus on creating many-sided pedagogical practices, specifically through utilizing technologies that can support students in their efforts for deeper learning and richer interaction. Research in the area of learning technologies has indicated both possibilities and challenges related to pedagogically meaningful use of technologies for learning.The development, educational professionals now call for research-based, smart solutions to support learning and performance within formal and informal educational, work-related, and everyday contexts. The "learn anytime, anywhere" approach, while offering much potential for innovative teaching and learning, is not without challenges. Certainly, ubiquitous computing can provide opportunities for embedding learning into everyday activities (Weiser, 1991). However, research and development work should focus on meaningful pedagogical use of mobile devices instead of merely users...

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“…Data from the field study were analysed through a process of grounded coding and affinity diagramming of higher-level themes (Strauss 1987, Beyer andHoltzblatt 1998). On the basis of the field data, we also created four different personas (Pruitt and Adlin 2006) describing key characteristics of prospective users, their work activities, goals and habits with the purpose of serving as hypothetical archetype users for the design team.…”

Section: Field Study: Home Healthcarementioning

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“…On the basis of the field data, we also created four different personas (Pruitt and Adlin 2006) describing key characteristics of prospective users, their work activities, goals and habits with the purpose of serving as hypothetical archetype users for the design team. Finally, we created a number of physical models (Beyer and Holtzblatt 1998) of the workspaces of nurses and healthcare assistants illustrating how they operate during a typical workday in the municipality.…”

Section: Field Study: Home Healthcarementioning

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GeoHealth: a location-based service for home healthcare workers

Kjeldskov

Christensen

Rasmussen

2010

Journal of Location Based Services

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We describe a map-based location-based service 'GeoHealth' for home healthcare workers who attend patients at home within a large geographical area. Informed by field studies of work activities and interviews with care providers, we have designed a mobile location-based service prototype supporting collaboration through information sharing and distributed electronic patient records. The GeoHealth prototype gives the users live contextual information about patients, coworkers, current and scheduled work activities and alarms adapted to their geographical location. The application is web-based and uses Google Maps, Global Positioning System (GPS) and Web 2.0 technology to provide a lightweight, dynamic and interactive representation of the work domain supporting distributed collaboration, communication and peripheral awareness among nomadic workers. Through a user-based evaluation, we found that the healthcare workers were positive towards the use of location-based services in their work, and that the dynamic and interactive geospatial representation of the work domain provided by GeoHealth supported distributed collaboration, communication and peripheral awareness. We also identified areas for improvements.

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