Unfolding understandings: co-designing UbiComp In Situ, over time

Authors:
John Halloran;Eva Hornecker;Geraldine Fitzpatrick;Mark Weal;David Millard;Danius Michaelides;Don Cruickshank;David De Roure
Affiliations:
Coventry University, UK and University of Sussex, UK;University of Canterbury, NZ and University of Sussex, UK;University of Sussex, UK;University of Southampton, UK;University of Southampton, UK;University of Southampton, UK;University of Southampton, UK;University of Southampton, UK
Venue:
DIS '06 Proceedings of the 6th conference on Designing Interactive systems
Year:
2006

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Abstract

A key challenge in co-designing UbiComp is that users may have limited understanding or experience of these technologies. While the value of situated co-design activities for promoting understanding is known, the role of time is less well researched. Here we describe and reflect on a range of co-design activities carried out with the curators of an historic English manor house to create novel visitor tours. We show how an ensemble of situated co-design activities over time led to the unfolding of user understanding around issues of content, technology and user experience, in turn leading to a progressive re-imagining of practice. This points to the importance of time and variety of in-situ activities to help people engage as co-designers in creating novel UbiComp-enabled experiences.