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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