User-CenteredDesign
WorkshoponUser-CenteredDesignofLanguageArchivesChris:naWasson
20-21February2016
ThismaterialisbaseduponworksupportedbytheNa:onalScienceFounda:onunderGrantsNo.BCS-1543763andBCS-1543828.
Whatisuser-centereddesign?
ThechiefdifferencefromotherproductdesignphilosophiesisthatUCDtriestoop:mizetheproductaroundhowuserscan,want,orneedtousetheproduct,ratherthanforcingtheuserstochangetheirbehaviortoaccommodatetheproduct.
--Wikipedia
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Historyofcomputerusers
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FromDOStographicaluserinterface(GUI)
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ParadigmshiZtoUCD
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Cogpsychandhumanfactors
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1person+1machine
AnthropologySocialgroupsCulturalprac:cesandmeanings
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4basiccomponentsofUCD
1. Iden:fyusergroups2. Workwithuserstoiden:fyneeds3. Interdisciplinaryandcollabora:veprocess4. Itera:ve
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1.Iden:fyusergroups
• Whatgroupsofpeoplearecurrentlyusingthetechnology?
• Whatothergroupsmightbenefitfromusingit?
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Ques:onsforlanguagearchives
• Surprisinglyli_leholis:cconsidera:onofusergroups
• Firstpassatusergroups– Linguists– Languagecommuni:es
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Ques:onsforlanguagearchives
• Secondpassatusergroups– Usersmaybelongtomorethanonegroup– Otherusergroupsanddivisionswithingroups– Usersyetunborn– Userswhoaren’tusers– Archivesareonlyuser-centeredforsomeusers
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Accessibletoarchivistsandlinguists
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Accessibletobroaderaudiences
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2.Workwithusergroupstoiden:fyneeds
• Map“userexperience”byconduc:ng“userresearch”
• Createspaceforvoicesofusers
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Typicalresearchques:ons
• Whatarethemainwaysthatpeopleusethetechnology?
• Whatwouldtheylikethetechnologytodothatitdoesn’tdo?
• Whatproblemsdotheyencounter,andhowdotheyworkaroundthoseproblems?
• Whatisthebroaderculturalcontextwithinwhichthetechnologycanhelppeopleachievetheirgoals?
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Levelsofpar:cipa:on
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Par:cipatoryresearch Tradi:onalethnographicresearch
Small,definedcommuni:es
Large,amorphouspopula:ons
3.Interdisciplinaryandcollabora:veprocess
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4.Itera:ve
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WhatmightitmeantobringUCDintofieldoflanguagearchives?
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