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ThesesinHCIComputerMediatedAc;vity

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TheHCIgroup–theincompletelist•  MortenKyng•  SusanneBødker•  KajGrønbæk

•  PrebenMogensen•  OlavW.Bertelsen•  MarianneGravesPetersen•  NielsOlofBouvin

•  AlanHansen•  Pär‐OlaZander•  ClemensKlokmose•  ErikGrönvall•  …andmore

•  Computermediatedac;vity•  Interac;vespaces•  Pervasivehealthcare•  ElectronicGovernance•  Theore;calHCI•  CSCW•  Par;cipatoryDesign•  UserDrivenInnova;on•  Userexperience•  Interac;onaesthe;cs•  Hypermedia•  Mul;media•  …etc.

ComputerMediatedAc;vity

•  Newandoldperspec;vesontheusesitua;on

•  From:Efficientautoma;onofrou;netasks,andcomputersupportforskilledworkers‐theworkplacecentric.

•  To:Supportforcrea;veintellectualwork,andnewculturalpraxes‐thethirdwave

•  Whichnewperspec;vesareneededonITinnon‐work,non‐rou;nesitua;ons?

•  …whenITinvadestheprivatesphere?

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Usersasacomplex

•  Theusesitua;on– Organiza;onalperspec;ve– Heterogeneity

•  Thedesignsitua;on– Notonlyra;onaldialogbetweendesignerandend‐user.E.g.

Empowerment

•  Intheworkplace–from1973andonwards•  Par;cipatorydesigninTherapeu;candothernewcontexts.– Handicapped– Healthcare–  Psychiatry–MIKAT(basedonPeterBering’sMSc)–  Ero;clife– ….

•  Seniorci;zens•  Ci;zensingeneral

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Computermediatedcrea;vity

•  TechnoMusiccomposers– Howcurrenttoolsfurthercrea;vity– Newtheore;calconcepts‐e.g.Instrumentness

– Ac;va;oninevalua;onanddesign–  (ongoingworkwithBreinbjerg,Pold,ogKlokmosse)

•  Studiesofprogrammingwork‐futurepossibility

Assessmentmethods

•  Theac;vitywalkthrough•  Interfacecri;cism

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Typesofprojects

•  Casestudies•  Ac;onresearch•  Construc;onandtechnicalexperimenta;on•  Theorydriven–  Ac;vitytheory,epistemology,aesthe;cs,CSCW….

•  Theoryproducing•  Withorwithoutanexternalpartner•  Reflec;onsonownpraxis

•  Mostoienaphaseofproblemsejnginthebeginning•  Mostoieninterdisciplinary‐tosomeextent...

Examplesofpasttheses

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Beboermødeportalen

•  Digitaltbeboerdemokra;‐eksperimentermedafenwebportal;lunderstølelseafbeboermøder.

•  Incollabora;onwithhousingorganisa;on•  Tryingtosolveanexis;ngproblem

TheHounöproject

•  Fieldstudies

•  Prototypeconstruc;on

•  Doubleloopac;onresearch

•  Partlyhiredasstudenthelp•  Tiedinwithresearchproject

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Studiesofstudentsownprac;ce

•  Thestrategyconsultant– Posthocanalysisofaprojectthroughtheintroduc;onofastrangetheory

•  Thein‐housedeveloper–  Intranetinamunicipality

•  Theneedforadoubleloop

Establishingthethirdwave

•  Web‐usabilityietformidlingsperspek;ve– Basedondigitalaesthe;cs.

•  Methodforexperiencedesign– Basedonpriorprojectonemo;onalresponsetocommercialwebsites

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Methoddevelopment

•  Developmentofawebusabilityassessmentmethodbasedonac;vitytheory.

•  Thispresenta;onmaynotrepresenta;vefortheen;reHCI‐group