Get Realistic! - UCD Course Design and Evaluation

Lárusdóttir, Marta; Roto, Virpi; Stage, Jan; Lucero, Andrés

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05909-5_2

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“…In this section, we discuss the main findings according to our observations and compare our experiences in 2018 with our experiences in 2017, which were reported in another paper [11].…”

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Balance Talking and Doing! Using Google Design Sprint to Enhance an Intensive UCD Course

Lárusdóttir

Roto

Stage

et al. 2019

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019

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Design, evaluation and enhancement of teaching activities in usercentred design (UCD) is characterized by limited research. This is particularly paradoxical as effective high-quality teaching is a key prerequisite for professional work in UCD. This paper reports the development of a two-week intensive UCD course for university-level students in an international setting. The first edition of the course ran during the summer of 2017. Based on both qualitative and quantitative data collected from students, the course was enhanced and a new edition that introduced Google Design Sprint (GDS) was conducted during the summer of 2018. Similar student feedback data was collected during both years (i.e., 2017 and 2018). In both editions, the course included lectures and hands-on use of UCD and interaction design methods in a design assignment. In this paper, we focus on the 2018 edition of the course and the students' qualitative and quantitative feedback on that edition. The results illustrate that students liked the intensive teamwork, clear structure, and the international setting of the course. The main concerns from the students were on inefficient time management and the lack of user involvement in GDS. However, GDS was preferred to the traditional teaching methods, as the students saw the rapid development cycle to provide a good balance of talking and doing.

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“…In this section, we discuss the main findings according to our observations and compare our experiences in 2018 with our experiences in 2017, which were reported in another paper [11].…”

Section: Reflection On the Resultssupporting

confidence: 58%

“…This has been reported with focus on the contents of the course, cf. [11]. Based on the evaluation, we redesigned the course, and in 2018 we gave it to a new group of 19 international students.…”

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confidence: 99%

Balance Talking and Doing! Using Google Design Sprint to Enhance an Intensive UCD Course

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Roto

Stage

et al. 2019

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019

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“…The User-Centered Design (UCD) method has been used in the software industry and is taught to software developers to meet various user needs [13]. The UCD method has also been used in the health sector, such as research by R. Schnall et al (2016), who designed the application of mHealth [14].…”

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Mobile Application Design for Ordering Clean Water Using UCD Method in Indonesia

Watomakin

Pramajuri

Suyoto

2021

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol.

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Clean water is an essential basic requirement for humans. In eastern Indonesia, especially the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Maluku and Southeast Sulawesi, the need for clean water is quite urgent. The socio-cultural conditions, geographical conditions, low rainfall levels, and the distribution of freshwater from the Regional Water Company (PDAM) is still not right. Communities in the three provinces utilise clean water buying and selling services using tank cars to fulfil their daily needs for clean water in reservoirs and water tanks. Orders still use telephone or SMS, so it seems slower. Thus the design of mobile ordering applications for clean water was proposed in this study and was named Go-Water. With the Go-Water app, users can order clean water by choosing the closest shelter model and driver, and then the order is forwarded to the driver for processing. The User-Centered Design (UCD) method use for Go-Water application design. The Go-Water application can help users to order clean water quickly and help improve business quality for service providers. The results of the usability perspective analysis on the Go-Water application design obtained an average percentage of 83%. The result shows the design of the Go-Water app, can be accepted according to user needs. The contribution in this study is the design of the proposed mobile application centred on the user, previously there was no system for ordering 5,000 litres and 6,000 litres of clean water using a tank car and the price offered was more beneficial for both parties.

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“…It is a fast and cost-effective process to define what to design in the early stages of software development, especially focusing on concept design. The UCD Sprint process was developed through three editions of an intensive interaction design course, focusing on UCD methods in the first edition of the course [5] and integrating the Google Design Sprint process [6] and UCD methods in the second and third editions of the course [7]. In 2 all course editions, students with different backgrounds worked on concept design challenges in teams.…”

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Tutorial on UCD Sprint: Inclusive Process for Concept Design

Lárusdóttir

Roto

Lanzilotti

et al. 2022

Adjunct Proceedings of the 2022 Nordic Human-Computer Interaction Conference

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Integrating User-Centred Design (UCD) methods into the first phases of software development projects has its challenges. A new process called the User-Centred Design Sprint process, UCD Sprint for short, has been suggested to support the project team during concept design. The tutorial introduces the UCD Sprint process, and participants practice two less-known methods that are part of the sprint: the User Group Analysis method and stating user experience goals. By the end of the tutorial, participants know why, when, and how to use the UCD Sprint process. This tutorial appeals to researchers and developers working in the concept design phase of designing software products, focusing on users that might be different from the developers.

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Get Realistic! - UCD Course Design and Evaluation

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

Balance Talking and Doing! Using Google Design Sprint to Enhance an Intensive UCD Course

Balance Talking and Doing! Using Google Design Sprint to Enhance an Intensive UCD Course

Mobile Application Design for Ordering Clean Water Using UCD Method in Indonesia

Tutorial on UCD Sprint: Inclusive Process for Concept Design

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