UX in Varied Domains: Similarities and Differences Presented Pecha Kucha Style

Abstract

Pecha Kucha is a presentation format where presenters are only able to use twenty images to describe their project or a specific topic for a grand total of six minutes and forty seconds. Specifically, the presentation consists of twenty images presented at twenty seconds each. This alternative format forces presenters to provide a focused presentation on their specific topic and creates a means to spark innovation by potentially helping presenters and audience members uncover unexpected ideas together. This session will help push conference participants to consider how UX is used similarly or differently in various Human Factors domains and how to adapt these methods into their own work domain. Our hope is that this session will help display a unique way of participating in an UX Day Challenge Session as well as spark innovation in the Human Factors field. This session continues the mission of using User Experience Day to introduce new session formats to the HFES Annual Meeting and attract User Experience Practitioners.

Differences in Instructor, Presenter, and Audience Ratings of PechaKucha and Traditional Student Presentations

“…Various research has explored whether PechaKucha promotes learning outcomes like written and oral communication, collaboration, creativity, and topic knowledge. For example, the constraints of the PechaKucha format require that students focus solely on points that convey the main message, and remove tangential or unessential material (Anderson & Williams, 2012; Beyer, 2011; Gries & Brooke, 2010; Klentzin et al, 2010; Liao et al, 2020; Nguyen et al, 2017). In doing so, student presenters must overcome the challenges of determining the main points of their presentation and wording those points clearly (Mackiewicz, 2008).…”