Title: Teaching appropriate ethnographic methodologies for pervasive computing

Authors: Anxo Cereijo Roibas

Addresses: SCMIS, Faculty of Management and Information Sciences, University of Brighton, Watts Building, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, UK

Abstract: This paper discusses the inclusion in the undergraduate and postgraduate educational HCI curriculum the use of different experimental in-situ and other data gathering and evaluation techniques in the quality assessment of pervasive computing systems.

Keywords: ethnographies; pervasive computing; design requirements; user experience; design for minorities; socially responsible design; teaching; higher education; human-computer interaction; HCI.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTCS.2007.014215

International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, 2007 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.135 - 145

Published online: 25 Jun 2007 *

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