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Teaching task analysis for user interface design: lessons learned from three pilot studies

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Káthia Marçal de Oliveira,

Patrick Girard,

Taisa Guidini Gonçalves,

Sophie Lepreux,

Christophe KolskiAuthors Info & Claims

IHM '15: Proceedings of the 27th Conference on l'Interaction Homme-Machine

Article No.: 31, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/2820619.2825011

Published: 27 October 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Task analysis is recognized by the Human-Computer Interaction community as good practice to improve the understanding of how a user may interact with software interfaces to reach a given goal. During more than one decade, we have taught task analysis in undergraduate and graduate HCI programs for the design of better interactive systems. In this paper, we describe three ways of teaching task analysis and the lessons learned from those practices. We consider this the first step of a larger study looking to improve task analysis education effectiveness.

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Teaching task analysis for user interface design: lessons learned from three pilot studies
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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Dupuy-Chessa SMarçal de Oliveira KLepreux SPruszko L(2023)Teaching HCI in Multidisciplinary Situations: Experience Report and Lessons LearntDesign for Equality and Justice10.1007/978-3-031-61688-4_24(253-259)Online publication date: 28-Aug-2023
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