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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"human centred design"”.
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Sensemaking and Human-Centred Design: A Practice Perspective
… explores how people address problems of real human concern in situations of complexity, ambiguity, uniqueness, conflicting values and rapid change. Such circumstances stretch formal and idealistic rules and procedures to the breaking point. And yet, people in a variety of fields work through …
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Human-Centred Design for Improving VR Training of Clinical Skills
… particularly focusing on interaction design, and proposes improvements for higher learning outcomes and user retention. A literature review and a usability case study of an off-the-shelf clinical VR training application was conducted, revealing usability concerns and areas requiring …
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Simulating the Human in Human-Centred Design: Increasing Efficiency in Design Activities
… enhance the efficiency and rigour of human-centred design (HCD), particularly particularly when access to stakeholders is limited and interdisciplinary complexity is high, such as designing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. This research is motivated by critical …
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User Experience & Human Centred Design for a blockchain based provenance traceability platform
… Food Print. The aim is to see the effect of human centred design principles on the user's engagement with, and the perception of the application. This study describes a human-centred design approach to designing an early stage blockchain based supply chain web application, which is aimed at …
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An exploratory study into human-centred design in new product development for low-income consumers
… consumer across these four factors; and how designers employ human centred design to design products for low-income consumers against these factors. Human Centred Design has been employed to develop solutions to complex problems with great empathy to users and stakeholders for many years but …
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The design of a mobile user interface for an interest rate calculator
… in this dissertation, we are interested in the human-centred design and in particularly exploring the mobile user interface design and the user experience (usability) thereof. A mobile solution will allow real time rate quotes to Relationship Executive while they are on the move or out of the …
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A human-centred framework for the development and evaluation of online systems applying artificial intelligence
… can also cause harm when not adopted through a human-centred approach and addressing concerns regarding artificial intelligence (AI). This approach is known as human-centred AI (HCAI) and aims to augment human capabilities to create safe, reliable, and trustworthy solutions. The primary goal of …
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Robotic Mental Well-being Coaches: Design and Deployment
… the effectiveness of such robots hinges on being designed to meet users’ needs and concerns. As such, this thesis presents a four-step Human-Centred Design (HCD) process applied to the design and deployment of such robots: (1) understanding user needs and preferences for a robotic coach, (2) …
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Running a Maker Day Workshop to Explore Southview Residents’ Perspectives on Livable Communities in Calgary, Alberta using Design Thinking
… public by implementing alternative methods using design thinking. The research question: How might Southview change to suit the needs of the existing residents and community while also accommodating for a changing Calgary? guided this study. Participants reported feeling more comfortable sharing, …
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Psychological factors and physical outcomes in patients with chronic diseases of lifestyle
… programme. METHODS: An explanatory mixed methods design was used to describe the CLI experience. These included an initial clinical audit of 308 patients commencing and completing a twelve week CLI programme to test associations of psychological, demographic, medical and diagnostic factors with …
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Prosthetic Realities, Prosthetic Futures: Challenging the status quo of external breast prosthesis design
… the need and opportunity to update the design approach used in the production of external breast prostheses (EBP) for women post mastectomy. Spurred by accounts of some women’s negative experiences with their EBP, this research took influence from colour psychology, emotional design and …
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Helados Frutillar: Oportunidad de crecimiento
… y herramientas entre las que se encuentran el Human-Centred Design y el Product Market Fit, que permitieron conocer al cliente y sus necesidades, al igual que definir la propuesta de valor: “La heladería artesanal, familiar y agradable”. Este desarrollo, determinó que la apertura de una nueva …
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Hidden gems reimagining the public realm along independence avenue to sustain the local economy in the Windhoek central business district
This urban design research project investigates the reimagining of the public realm along Independence Avenue to sustain the local economy in the context of the Windhoek Central Business District (CBD). The research seeks to explore how the public spaces can be transformed to support local …
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Sustaining a culture of innovation delivery in society. A practice-led study of the role of design thinking frameworks
… across various sectors, particularly within design, education, and business realms. It investigates the social dynamics surrounding knowledge dissemination and the societal reception of innovative practices. Drawing upon insights gathered from a diverse cohort of design practitioners over a …
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Integrating contextmapping and interaction design: designing with and for small-scale urban farmers in Soweto
… as both a methodology and interaction design practice in order to co-design digital products with and for developing communities. A Design as research methodology is applied in this study within the specific contexts of a co-design project involving small-scale urban farmers in …
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No Pressure!: Designing Mobile Interventions to Improve Pressure Relief Adherence for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury through Diary Studies
… thesis explores how mobile interventions can be designed to improve pressure relief adherence by individuals with SCI. To this end, literature on habit formation and adherence apps was studied to inform the design of a prototypical pressure relief notification system, which was tested with …
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Understanding the Lived Experiences and Perceived Impacts of Incarceration on the Well-being of Adult Family Members
… services in Ontario was convened. Rooted in human-centred design thinking, the Working Group focused on empathy for families, the challenges organizations face supporting families, and generating ideas to inform a resource for community organizations that support family well-being within and …
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Unlocking 'fixed narratives' in the pursuit of social innovation
… from three practice-based methods: Theory U, human-centred design and elements of mindfulness practices. They were designed to prioritise story creation by multiple storytellers from inside the case study context, encourage the exploration of both negative and positive aspects of an …
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Participatory Action Research for Emotionally Meaningful Stories
… of the preliminary activities that helped design the innovative methods. I assess how my PAR methods, such as story interviews, digital storytelling workshops and story kits, helped me to gather participants’ personal experiences within the three chosen communities.<br/><br/>Photographs and …
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Developing a persona-based user-centred design model in relation to idea generation that will both manage the product design processes and solve design problems
User-Centred Design (UCD) was proposed in the 1980s and, since then, its philosophy has helped to solve design problems, regardless of the advances in technology over time. The standard ISO 9241:210 (2010), formerly ISO 13407, provides guidance in human-centred design principles and activities …
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