Just a reminder that I need from each of you to provide you your final grades:
1) Link to your portfolio and reflections
2) Your contributions this semester
3) Your peer evaluation (if already sent as part of EDIT752 then completed)
4) Your course evaluations (please take time to fill these out tonight as they are important!)
5) Your writing section and everything else by latest Monday, May 11th at 12noon (please see revised copy of Google document outline.
I need ALL of these things in order to give you a grade so I can then be VERY PROUD to watch you walk across the stage (or to celebrate in your own way) as you reflect on your accomplishments this year!
Best,
- Brenda
Feedback on Round 2 User Experience Research Results
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For Brenda-
Here is a link to our round 2 initial usability results:
Here is a link to our final Usability Data Analysis:
Team, please provide me a direct link to your Round 2 Usability Resarch results here on the front page. I will be reviewing these analyses in the next several days. Thanks! - Brenda
Final Presentation Outline
Team, there is a problem with some logistical issues that I need to deal with regarding the scheduling of my Dad's surgery so I am leaving earlier to PA (Monday) and returning Wed. afternoon. I will post the compiled outline for the collaborative article later in the week. All sections look good at this point, so continue writing in these directions and we can modify/edit as we go. - Brenda
Data Analysis Report
Here is the link to the Knowledge Center Website Usability Testing Data Analysis in google docs.
I created a folder called "Usability raw data" and put my notes in there since I had a lot of raw info. If anyone else wants a place to store their raw data feel free to add to this folder.- J
Wednesday April 22
11:00 am
Data Analysis for Usability Testing beings on Wednesday April 22nd. Go to the following pages for some themes for the analysis phase:
Outline for Data Analysis Usability Testing
Data Analysis for Usability Testing
Please have ready for tommorow (post on the wiki here) Usability Testing Homepage your findings from your notes. Feel free to add to each section if you would like! Thanks
Monu
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Captivate/3.0/index.html - Captivate 3.0 online guide
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Captivate/4.0/index.html - Captivate 4.0 online guide (could link to as the paper guide for the support site)
FOR BRENDA
This ended up mid-page. Wanted to make sure you saw it.
Deliverable - First round data report - Focus Group Chart.docx
March 30th
Usability Testing
See the Usability Testing Homepage for the calendar of events.
Please put your question for Usability Testing
FROM BRENDA:
Working Draft (or use Working Draft on Google Docs) of Outline on Design Thinking and Immersion
Please add other quotes, thoughts, ideas, headings, outlines based on your readings, experiences in Immersion, thinking about the design, collaborative process and what you have learned.
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A few of you were interested in grant writing.....
Graduate Student Introduction to Grantsmanship This session, intended for both faculty and graduate students, will provide an overview of funding opportunities for graduate students, discuss application processes and provide contact information for a variety of private and public funders.
When: Apr 9, 4pm - 5:00pm
Where: Research I, 162
Offered by: Ann McGuigan, Director, Office of Research Development
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Here are some oldies but goodies in relation to EPSS as design methodology/construct:
Distributed Cognition foundation for EPSS - Dickleman (who taught for us here at GMU)
Literacy Explorer: A Performance Support Tool - An article we wrote about LiteracyAccess Online in 2000. See the table in the middle of the article that has some attributes of EPSS listed.
Performance Support in Perspective - Nice graphic in the middle of Why EPSS?
Performance Support for Usability Testing - Dickleman early work on supporting Usability. Applicable for both upcoming testing and example.
Web 2.0 Resources
What is Web 2.0 - classic article from O'Reilly, technical perspective
Judy Brown's Web 2.0 resource site - a developer I respect greatly. She will be presenting at our eLearning conference.
Still looking for good pedagogical pieces....you may need to go directly to the journal in library.gmu.edu to access these....
Wiberg, M. (2007). Netlearning and Learning through Networks. Educational Technology & Society, 10 (4), 49-61.http://www.ifets.info/journals/10_4/6.pdf - good conceptual piece with some related ideas to mine.
Dron, J. (2007). Designing the Undesignable: Social Software and Control. Educational Technology & Society, 10 (3), 60-71. http://www.ifets.info/journals/10_3/5.pdf Look at this section: Anderson describes six modes of interaction in online learning – teacher-student, teacher-content, teacher-teacher, student-student, student-content and content-content (Anderson, 2003).
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Focus Group Presentation- Focus Group Data Analysis.ppt.pptx
Usability Testing Important Dates to remember:
Heather takes over as the Project Manager <evil laugh>
April 6 - 8th Group Discussion about Usability Testing
April 9th Informal Testing-possibly with Shawn and Jennifer
April 14th with Sharon (??) to talk about Useability Plan
April 16 - 21 Possible Usability testing dates with TTAC (TBA)
The Table for the Focus Group is here:
Please see Focus Group Notes under Meeting with TTAC Staff Folder-thank you-H
ADD QUESTIONS HERE!
Wednesday February 25, 2009 Deliverable: Project Management and User Research Plan
Thursday, Feb 19:
Next week:
By Monday, READ Chapter 8 & 9
Meet: Monday 10am to 3pm
Finish User Research Proj Mgt Plan
Tuesday Noon to 3pm
Finish User Research Proj Mgt Plan & Presentation
Focus Group Discussion - Led b Jennifer
Wednesday Noon to 3:30pm (CLASS 4:30pm - 7pm)
Finish User Research Proj Mgt Plan & Presentation
Question development for Focus Group
Thursday - Jennifer Takes over :-)
Question development and guide writing
Monday March 2nd - Focus Group
AM - practice and preparation
PM - exact time TBA
Project mng Plan-please complete your section by Wednesday, Please put your write up under the Spring 2009 Goals/ Plan folder, thank you
Intro and Background-John
Business Problem/objective-Eric
Target Audience-Cammise
Scope-Heather
Financial Budget-Monu
Group1/Project Team-Carl
Timeline-Rachel
Project Approach-Jennifer
February 16-20
Monday- Arrive at 9:45AM! Sharon at 10AM
Details Needed for Sharon on Monday:
1. Description of what we've worked on
2. Expectations for the project
3. Timeline
4. Summary of audience and response to what we've created thus far
5. What are our alternatives, if any
6. Determinations as to what is doable
(Think of these items and be prepared to share your input.)
Tuesday 2/17-Meet with your small group, 12 PM Brenda
Wednesday 2/18-Trista at 3:00 pm (??), no evening face to face class, discussion of P. User plan
Thursday 2/19- Ginny Wheeler (career center) will present to your class at 12:00
February 9-13
Tuesday-we meet 10AM as a group to discuss the paper-Rachel will provide PM Plan, meet with Brenda at 12Noon.
Wedneday-No group meeting class at 4:30! (Happy Birthday Cammise!)
Thursday-we meet at 10AM as a group - and with Brenda at noon
Here is an interesting paragraph related to our discussion today.....
First, what kind of problem is it? well-defined? ill-defined? wicked-hard? Next, what factors does the client want to optimize? Paul Pruneau was the first person to introduce me to the canard about time, money and quality. He is rabid in his belief that you can optimize only two of these factors. And that as a result, the third must suffer. Finally, what is the general class of product? Will it be a message, a tool or an environment? Will it be primarily a communication, an interface or a place? These classes yield an entire taxonomy of possibilities, but thatʼs another lecture.
[The notion that there is no perfect design process, what seems to matter most is that your team agrees on a systematic approach for design and development.]
- See http://www.dubberly.com/articles/managing-complex-design-projects.html
Look at how many design models there are that this person collected (in and outside of our field).....
- See http://www.dubberly.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ddo_designprocess.pdf
Week Schedule
Monday, February 2, 2009
10am to Noon Immersion Team meets
Noon Lunch and break up into small groups
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Noon to 2pm meet with Brenda
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 (NO Evening class)
Small groups meet
Read Ch 5 in Observing the User Experience
Thursday, February 5, 2009
10am Immersion Team meets to discuss Paper and Project Mgt Plan
Noon to 2pm meet with Brenda
FYI: I've created a google account called 2008immersion. This allowed me to create a Picasa album for us to upload photos. This is easier than using the wiki to upload photos. If you want to share or get photos, you can go here: http://picasaweb.google.com/2008immersion I will email the password and username to you all individually. -Eric
According to EDIT 752 syllabus, for Week 1:
- Read Kuniavsky: Chapter 1-3
- As a group, re-examine prototype and draft production prototype goals and post on wiki (Spring 2009 Prototype Goals).
- Prepare to informally present existing prototype to class from last semester's EDIT 730 course on Jan 28 (Remember Eric will be doing the presentation in EDIT 752 on Wed.)
- begin to plan for connecting with target audience members related to user research cycles
Schedule for week of Jan 26, 2009:
Monday-arrive at 11/meet with Mik and Shuangboa ? at 11:15ish
Tuesday - arrive 9am / start mtg at 9:30am
- meet with Brenda from noon to 2pm
Wednesday - arrive at two: Be prepared to discuss vision and goals and the paper. We will be meeting with small groups re. training.
Thursday - meet with Brenda from noon to 2pm
By Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2009, do the following:
-Review the prototype. Revisit project goals and identify whether the goals should remain the same, change, or any new ideas (Spring 2009 Prototype Goals).
-Write semester goals individually, post on the wiki (Spring 2009 Semester Goals ) .
-Begin to research & collect for the collaboration publication.
According to EDIT 752 syllabus, for Week 2 (starting Jan. 28, 2009):
- Read Kuniavsky: Chapter 4-5
- Work on enhancing and fleshing out prototype
- Respond to issues on Design+Research Blog
- Begin work on user research/project management plan draft
Comments (4)
Cammise McInnis said
at 6:13 am on Oct 28, 2008
I like the purple, Jennifer. You're already making good decisions (smile).
Cammise McInnis said
at 6:41 pm on Nov 21, 2008
John, Carl, and I will do a hybrid of powerpoint and audacity. There's really nothing to see in audacity.
Cammise McInnis said
at 10:11 pm on Feb 13, 2009
I will most likely be unable to meet Trista at noon on Wednesday. I should be available about 12:30 PM.
Cammise McInnis said
at 12:56 pm on Apr 9, 2009
Guys, I'm interested in doing design as inquiry or design as judgement...
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