Transforming Learning Through User-Centered Design Research Methods

Drama and user-centered methods in design

Drama project is a multidisciplinary research project funded by the Academy of Finland and run by HIIT (Helsinki Institute for Information Technology) and Helsinki Polytechnic degree programme in Performing arts. Projects focus is people over fifty years and at their attitudes and opinions about retirement. Members of four work communities consisting of 178 users have been studied. In this pape...

User-Centered Design of Online Learning Communities

This chapter aims to introduce user-centered design and its basic concepts associated with online learning communities. Another aim is to search for guidelines to ensure quality in online learning. Human-computer interaction for education provides the missing holistic approach for online learning. Functioning in a sociotechnical framework, online learning communities combine information and kno...

Social Research Methods Used in Moving the Traditional Usability Approach Towards a User-Centered Design Approach

Improving the Quality of Numerical Software Through User-Centered Design

Improving the Usability of Numerical Software through User-Centered Design

The software interface C whether graphical, command-oriented, menu-driven, or in the form of subroutine calls C shapes the user's perception of what software can do. It also establishes upper bounds on software usability. Numerical software interfaces typically are based on the designer's understanding of how the software should be used. That is a poor foundation for usability, since the featur...