Computer support for participatory designing: a pilot study

  • Authors:

  • Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen;Henna Lahti;Marjut Iivonen;Kai Hakkarainen

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Joensuu;University of Helsinki;University of Helsinki;University of Helsinki, Finland

  • Venue:
  • CSCL '02 Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning: Foundations for a CSCL Community
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The present study analyzed whether and how students working in the collaborative learning environment (Future Learning Environment, FLE2) were able to share their design process with the intended user of the product. Six teams of first-year university-level textile students (N=24) participated in design course, in which they solved an authentic design task -- designing bags of EuroCSCL conference. The methods of social network analysis were applied to study interaction between all participants. A qualitative content analysis was carried out by analyzing the interaction between statements posted to the FLE2 database by two of the design teams. The results indicated that in the case of more successful group, the expert user took a role of co-designer by participating in the design process through evaluating ideas produced by students.