Interest is growing in studying canine and human relationships, especially working canines and their role in society. Interest is also growing in designing informed, user centered interactive technologies for animals. Combining these two themes, my doctoral research looks at creating user-centered, ethnographically informed designs for working animals (working dogs). The work examines existing ...

Users and the context of use are the heart of user-centred design. If the users’ tasks are irregular or varying the information gathering is difficult. In our study we used photography based artefact analysis to gather information about these kinds of problematic situations. The combination of artefact analysis and participative observations proved to be a practical and viable solution. In this...

In this paper the authors describe the Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) Symposium contests run in 2006 and 2007 and the VAST 2008 and 2009 challenges. These contests were designed to provide researchers with a better understanding of the tasks and data that face potential end users. Access to these end users is limited due to time constraints and the classified nature of the tasks...

Given the critical importance of collaboration in lifelong learning, this paper highlights the need for interventions that help learners develop awareness of the social dimensions of group problem solving and adopt patterns of discourse leading to more successful collaborative learning outcomes. In pursuit of this, I present scaffolds that were piloted on students learning the practice of colla...

The most training simulators are high fidelity ones, which means that they look and function similar as the real one (i.e. the machine that is simulated for training purposes). Those simulators are useful for learning situations. As they are expensive, they are not commonly used. One alternative is a semifidelity simulator, which includes some elements of the real one but lacks some other eleme...

The development of information technology in Indonesia is growing rapidly various existing sectors, including the tourism sector. sector a field government that has great opportunity to increase country's foreign exchange. Government Pemalang Regency through Tourism, Youth and Sports Office (DISPARPORA) implemented website-based disseminate about culinary objects Regency. This study aims evalua...

Exhausting manual labor is still predominant in the industrial context. It typically consists manipulating heavy parts or working nonergonomic conditions. The resulting work-related musculoskeletal disorders are a major problem to tackle. most-affected body section lumbar spine. Recently, exoskeletons have been identified as possible non-invasive solution reduce impact of low-back pain. State-o...

The number of people with dementia is rising every year, and it is getting more expensive to provide care for them in specially designed care centres. Furthermore, some people with dementia prefer to live independently, and to be accompanied by informal and family caregivers. One way to meet this requirement of people with dementia is to place them in smart homes. Smart homes facilitate extra c...

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