Gaining entry to real settings with a bridging design prototype

Authors:
Gloria Gomez
Affiliations:
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, Dunedin, New Zealand
Venue:
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference NZ Chapter of the ACM's Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper introduces the Bridging Design Prototype (BDP) concept. A BDP is the functional prototype of a new product that a user community can incorporate into their activities, while a researcher uses it for observation and testing. Due to limited research resources, the BDP was an outcome of adjusting the principles of several user-centred design methods and a learning theory. These principles where then applied to the development of a suitable product that could be incorporated in real settings.