User centered design—problems and possibilities

Gulliksen, Jan; Lantz, Ann; Boivie, Inger

doi:10.1145/329657.329666

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“…We choose User-Centered Design (UCD) methodology [27] for the development of the project, due to its wide acceptance as a way of elicit and address the real needs of its users [28]. On the other hand, the team had previous experience in projects using this methodology to develop applications for children within the ASD.…”

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Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Learning Object that Supports the Mathematics Learning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Castro-Muñoz¹,

Becerra²,

Noël³

et al. 2018

CLEIej

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Information technologies have been widely used for entertainment and learning purposes by children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Nonetheless, learning objects aiming at specific skills development in children with ASD require both a well bounded learning domain and a user-centered design process, considering skill levels of the users and the local geographical context and language. “Proyect@ Matemáticas” is a multi-touch based app designed for developing pre-calculus and functional mathematical skills in children with ASD, according to the Chilean regulations of learning goals for children with special educational necessities. This paper presents the User-centered design process conducted in order to develop the learning object, which included the evaluation by 15 experts in special educational needs, testing by 10 ASD-diagnosed children with different functional levels, and a multidisciplinary development team that also included a graphic designer diagnosed with ASD of high functionality. The development process yields to a validated learning object in terms of interactivity, design, engagement, and usability, from the point of view of the experts, and successful usage tests with ASD diagnosed children in terms of performance and achievement of learning outcomes. The application is currently available for download in the Google Play store for free, and currently has more than 15,000 downloads and an average rating of 4.2 out of 5 points.

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confidence: 99%

Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Learning Object that Supports the Mathematics Learning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Castro-Muñoz¹,

Becerra²,

Noël³

et al. 2018

CLEIej

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“…The importance of user-centered design has been stressed in the literature by Omholt, Gulliksen and Rice (Omholt & Waerstad, 2013), (Gulliksen, Lantz, & Boivie, 1999), (Rice et al, 2011). The primary objective of the user-centered design is to involve the public for whom it is developing, generating customized solutions adapted to them, in an iterative process with periodic contact points (Baek, Cagiltay, Boling, & Frick, 2008).…”

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User Centered Design of an Augmented Reality Gaming Platform for Active Aging in Elderly Institutions

Simão¹,

Bernardino²

2017

Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support

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In this article, we describe the design and development of a gaming platform with augmented reality components whose purpose is to fight sedentary lifestyle by promoting active aging in elderly institutions. The augmented reality components project games on the floor where the users can interact by moving sideways or sitting and playing with the arms. In this work, we target the design of a complete platform that can be easily transported, configured and deployed in elderly institutions to promote exercise. The concepts were developed using a user-centered methodology. End-users were motivated to participate in a study where social, economic and pathological conditions were analysed. The acceptance of the concept, the expectations generated, and the concerns raised, were assessed through questionnaires formulated both to the elderly users and to the professionals of the care institutions. Our results show that the elderly can be stimulated to practice physical exercise with the addition of fun and social interaction.

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“…We decided to involve experts and end-users in the design process and to setup a participatory design process. A participatory design process is understood as a design approach in which the users actually participate in and are in charge of the making of the design decisions (Gulliksen et al 1999). Users are one type of actors involved in the participatory design process, next to designers, educational experts, and managers of police and the private security company.…”

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The participatory design of a simulation training game

Lukosch¹,

Ruijven²,

Verbraeck³

2012

Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the 2012 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)

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Serious games show to have positive impact on training results. Advantages of simulation games lay in the provision of a safe training environment, where users are able to play, test and probe without serious consequences. At the same time, it is important to engage learners by providing a motivating, challenging environment, which becomes meaningful to the player when skills and knowledge acquired within the game are transferrable to real work tasks. With the use of a participatory game design approach, we developed an immersive, meaningful virtual training environment to improve situational awareness skills. Feedback of game developers as well as from test groups shows that the participatory approach to game development lead to a meaningful experience within an authentic virtual training environment. High functional and physical fidelity, a high degree of realism, compared with challenging game elements makes the developed serious game an appropriate training tool for situational awareness skills.

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User centered design—problems and possibilities

Cited by 36 publications

References 2 publications

Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Learning Object that Supports the Mathematics Learning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Learning Object that Supports the Mathematics Learning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

User Centered Design of an Augmented Reality Gaming Platform for Active Aging in Elderly Institutions

The participatory design of a simulation training game

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