Abstract
Reflection is critical for understanding how designs evolve and the factors that impact that evolution. This is especially meaningful for projects that have taken place over a long period of time and with consistent overall direction. In this case study, we reflect back over the design of an information gathering and management system built for students in higher education. We demonstrate how users can be involved in various ways over a development period that spans many years; we show that designs of different fidelities can effectively garner user feedback; and we illustrate the impact of multiple influences, including users, research team members, and resource limitations on the overall transformation of the system. We conclude with a series of lessons learned that we hope will help future researchers plan and execute their own design-implement-evaluate lifecycles.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Extended Abstracts - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 |
Pages | 541-555 |
Number of pages | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2012 |
Event | 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 - Austin, TX, United States Duration: May 5 2012 → May 10 2012 |
Publication series
Name | Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings |
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Conference
Conference | 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Austin, TX |
Period | 05/5/12 → 05/10/12 |
Keywords
- iterative design
- prototyping
- reflection
- user involvement