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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"User-Centered Design (UCD)"”.
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Rapid Design and Prototyping Methods for Mobile Head-Worn Mixed Reality (MR) Interface and Interaction Systems
… prevalent, it is important for researchers to design and prototype the kinds of user interface and user interactions that are most effective for end-user consumers. Creating these standards now will aid in technology development and adoption in MR overall. In the current climate of this domain, …
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EXAMINING THE USE OF USER-CENTERED DESIGN IN GAMIFICATION: A DELPHI STUDY
This study examined using the user-centered design (UCD) approach in gamification product development with the research question, "What opinions do experienced gamification designers have in using the UCD method as they develop and design gamification products?" Through the multi- phase …
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An Environmental User Interface (EUI) Framework to Convey Environmental Contexts In Interactive Systems Design
… efficacy of a framework called an environmental user interface (EUI). In particular, this research explored whether or not the proposed EUI framework was effective when used with user-centered design (UCD) to design a wayfinding system to capture environmental requirements, thus aiding those with …
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Designing Umeli: A Case for Medsersiated Design, a participatory approach to designing interactive systems for semi-literate users
This dissertation documents a journey into the design of Ummeli with a community of semi-‐literate job seekers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town whose primary access to the internet was through their mobile phones. Working closely with this community over many months, we developed Ummeli, a suite of tools …
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Human Factors Design and Evaluation of Augmented Reality for Mass Casualty Incident Triage
… tools for this purpose necessitates a meticulous user-centered design (UCD) process, thoughtfully crafted and validated through iterative testing with first responders in increasingly contextually relevant simulations. In academic circles, the perceived complexity and time requirements of such a …
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The Storytelling + Design Framework: Design Guidance for the Concept Phase of Medical Device Design
… Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) “Prevention through Design” (PtD) initiative encourages the exploration of different methods to foster dialogue between engineers and healthcare workers. Although engineers are encouraged to follow a user-centered design (UCD) process to identify user needs (ANSI/AAMI, …
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A Phenomenological Approach to User-Centered Design: Conceptualizing the Technology Design Space to Assist Military Veterans with Community Reintegration
The current best practices of user-centered design (UCD) may not be optimal with respect to eliciting information from representative users from special populations. This research extended elicitation approaches traditional focus on user needs and context to include criteria describing obstacles …
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Using language similarities in retrieval for resource scarce languages: a study of several southern Bantu languages
… that are not accessible to many potential users who are only able to read and understand their local languages. Many of these local languages are Resources Scarce Languages (RSLs) and lack the necessary resources, such as machine translation tools, to make available content more accessible. …
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Promoting Universal Access to E-government Services --- A Comprehensive Conceptual Framework from Citizens' Perspective
… toward the era of a smart society that is human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive. Countries employed new information and communication technologies to deliver services and engage citizens in the decision-making process. These services are evolving and in the near future, we can expect a …
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Aplicación de página única basada en diseño centrado en el usuario y XP
El proyecto de la Web se basará en el Diseño Centrado en el Usuario (DCU) y la aplicación de las últimas técnicas de programación. Para ello se aplicarán todas las etapas del DCU y se creara una aplicación de página única (single page application, SPA). Aplicando este método de trabajo se …