WELCOME

Briefing Meeting for Participants

Video StudyResearchers: Helen Roby and Rebecca Whiting at the

Open University

Getting startedYour kitRecord and narrate ‘a week in your life’ 7 day week can start on any dayAiming to capture different times of day,

locations and roles in your physical and digital worlds

Focus on rolesDifferent roles:

Where you live, family, university studies, any paid work, leisure, community, voluntary

Physical and digital settings e.g. online communitiesHow you manage these:

Physically e.g. through what you wear or your locationDigitally e.g. through using technology such as mobile

phone, computer, netbook, iPad etcMundane, well-established routine, new or interesting

Focus on technologyHow you use different forms of technology in your

different roles e.g.CommunicationsStudyLeisureSport

Focus on switchingTransitions between different roles

PhysicallyThrough use of technology

Situations when it is difficult to switch between these different rolesE.g. what you might think of as ‘switching off’ once you’ve

finished doing the work you planned to do that day or when you are doing one thing but thinking about another

Your commentary on these transitions Explain what you are doing and your thoughts, particularly what

role(s) you are switching – or trying to switch – between

What to recordWe are most interested in seeing

what you do as it happensyour interaction with different technologies

Within these general themes it’s up to you to record what you likesay what you likerecord as much as you like, in long or short takessimply record what is happening in front of you

Feel free to be creative, there’s no one ‘right’ way, it should be interesting and fun not a chore

Example 1: Switching roles - resuming work after dinner at home

Example 2: Transition in the physical world – the walk to work

Example 3: Work v Life – blurring the boundaries

What not to recordAnything of a confidential, sensitive or highly

personal nature including such material at your place of work

ChildrenOther people unless in a public place where they

might reasonably expect to be observedIn shopping centres or areas with high security

statusPlease don’t film whilst driving / cycling etc

To summarisePlease film ‘as it happens’Transitions between roles, using digital

technologies and in the real worldSituations when it is difficult to switch

between roles Include your commentary on these

If you need help or more informationParticipant FAQ on the website

Participant section with copies of documentsEmail DBS-Project@open.ac.uk

At the end of the weekKeep a copy of your data on your computerArrange return of camcorder + dataQuick chat with meArrange interview with PetrosExplore research platform

Interview StudyResearchers: Gillian Symon and Petros Chamakiotis at

Royal Holloway, University of London

Timing and settingInterviews will be approximately two weeks after you have

completed the video studyNot too long so as you forget what happenedGives us time to review the videos and to select items for

discussion during the interviewsWe will be asking you too to review your videos prior to the

interviewFace-to-Face at a mutually convenient time and place for

approx 1 hourSome interviews may be conducted remotely (e.g. phone, Skype), if

necessary

FormatInformation sheet will be provided in advanceSpecific occasions of switching recorded in the video

diaries will be explored and related to wider life experiences

You’ll be encouraged to share stories about events identified in your videos

We will be reviewing selected excerpts of your videos during the interview to stimulate discussion

Thank youAny questions?