Paper Info
Title
Looking ahead: how field trials can work in iterative and exploratory design of ubicomp systems
Abstract
We investigate in which forms field trials are a workable model as part of an exploratory design process for sporadic, mobile, non-work settings. A major concern of evaluating ubicomp systems is to study how practices and context of use emerge and develop over time when new technology is introduced. To introduce a sophisticated version of our own prototype in the course of an iterative design process, we conducted a public field trial of the system---a new platform for mobile democratic discussions in municipal planning---that we distributed via the Android Market. However, it turned out to be surprisingly difficult to evaluate our design in a setting that stretches over time, place, and without a preselected set of users. Analyzing our difficulties, we develop a general model for methods studying ubicomp systems. On the basis of this model, we characterize an openly interactive approach to field trials in order to look ahead rather than back.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1145/2370216.2370221
UbiComp
Keywords
Field
DocType
new platform,general model,iterative design process,mobile democratic discussion,field trial,new technology,public field trial,ubicomp system,exploratory design process,workable model,exploration,ubiquitous computing,iterative design
Android (operating system),Computer science,Look-ahead,Human–computer interaction,Iterative design,Ubiquitous computing,Field trial,Exploratory research
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
15
0.86
19
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Matthias Korn1956.75
Susanne Bødker21578204.76