Supporting task resumption using visual feedback

Liu, Yikun; Jia, Yuan; Pan, Wei; Pfaff, Mark S.

doi:10.1145/2531602.2531710

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“…Feedback sign refers to whether the content is framed positively or negatively. Studies comparing the effect of rewards and penalties on engagement (Jain et al, 2012) and the effect of positive and negative feedback on work pace interruptions (Liu et al, 2014) found a greater effect for positive feedback than for negative. Moreover, the latter study found that negative feedback can increase performance but cause greater stress levels.…”

Section: Feedback Signmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy Note: Digital Feedback-Based Interventions for Water Conservation

Hartley

Lim

Tortajada

2021

Water Econs. Policy

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Progress in water conservation is dependent as much on human behavior as on the promise of new technologies. Digital feedback-based interventions present an opportunity to bring these two factors together, as increasingly sophisticated technologies can help change behaviors rather than simply solving problems caused by those behaviors. This paper explores the various options and opportunities for adopting feedback-based interventions — those that communicate information for the purpose of encouraging individuals to alter water consumption habits. Lessons proposed are applicable to any realm in which individual human behavior contributes to a collective environmental or social problem. Focusing on five determinants of success (design, delivery, content, integration, and commitment), this paper presents findings of related studies and fashions them into a suite of recommendations that serves as a template for practice and agenda for future research. The underlying theme — that technology is no absolute substitute for behavioral change but can be one catalyst for it — contributes to broader discussions about the relationship between human systems and the environment.

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Section: Feedback Signmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy Note: Digital Feedback-Based Interventions for Water Conservation

Hartley

Lim

Tortajada

2021

Water Econs. Policy

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“…In case an interruption is detected (e.g., reacting to a notification), the tree shrinks, resulting in a loss of fruit / points. This idea combines the visual representation of Liu et al [9], who could already show significantly lower off-task time through visual feedback in a desktop environment, with a gamification approach. A very similar concept is implemented in the Forest App 3 .…”

Section: Designing For Task Resumption Supportmentioning

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Designing for Task Resumption Support in Mobile Learning

Draxler

Schneegass

Niforatos

2019

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction With Mobile Devices and Services

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Distractions and interruptions often disrupt mobile learners. Luckily, task resumption (memory) cues can support users in resuming a learning task. These cues can have multiple forms and designs, but their effectiveness depends heavily on their adaptation to the specific learning use case. This work explores the causes of interruptions during mobile learning and outlines designs for task resumption support. We report findings from two focus groups with HCI experts (N = 4) and users of mobile learning applications (N = 3).Finally, we discuss these findings by drawing on literature, and we derive a research agenda of currently unexplored concepts. We state limitations and open questions in the domain of task resumption support for mobile learning.

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“…Liu et al [12] conducted an experiment where visual feedback was meant to motivate users to return to the primary task. The visual feedback was either a progress bar that depleted or a flower that withered as the user strayed from the primary task.…”

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A Visual Narrative Path from Switching to Resuming a Requirements Engineering Task

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Shymka²,

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et al. 2017

2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE)

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Abstract-Requirements Engineering (RE) is closely tied to other development activities and is at the heart and foundation of every software development process. This makes RE the most data and communication intensive activity compared to other development tasks. The highly demanding communication makes task switching and interruptions inevitable in RE activities. While task switching often allows us to perform tasks effectively, it imposes a cognitive load and can be detrimental to the primary task, particularly in complex tasks as the ones typical for RE activities. Visualization mechanisms enhanced with analytical methods and interaction techniques help software developers obtain a better cognitive understanding of the complexity of RE decisions, leading to timelier and higher quality decisions. In this paper, we propose to apply interactive visual analytics techniques for managing requirements decisions from various perspectives, including stakeholders communication, RE task switching, and interruptions. We propose a new layered visualization framework that supports the analytical reasoning process of task switching. This framework consists of both data analysis and visualization layers. The visual layers offer interactive knowledge visualization components for managing task interruption decisions at different stages of an interruption (i.e. before, during, and after). The analytical layers provide narrative knowledge about the consequences of task switching decisions and help requirements engineers to recall their reasoning process and decisions upon resuming a task. Moreover, we surveyed 53 software developers to test our visual prototype and to explore more required features for the visual and analytical layers of our framework.

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Supporting task resumption using visual feedback

Cited by 14 publications

References 38 publications

Policy Note: Digital Feedback-Based Interventions for Water Conservation

Policy Note: Digital Feedback-Based Interventions for Water Conservation

Designing for Task Resumption Support in Mobile Learning

A Visual Narrative Path from Switching to Resuming a Requirements Engineering Task

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