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Dr. Max L. WilsonFuture Interaction Technologies LabDepartment of Computer ScienceSwansea University, UKCSM49 - Lab and Field Work
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Lecture Schedule
Semester 1 ProjectStudying Mobile Phone Environments This is an exploratory project. Going back to 'the question' we are not trying to prove anything. We are setting out to discover elements of where, when, and with whom people use the phone. Is there anything special or consistent about peoples behaviours during phone calls? Is this behaviour (or sets of behaviours) something we can use to influence the design of mobile phones. We could for example guide people, using haptics, to suitable talking locations (see Simon's Work - he will be working with us on the project).The basis of the study, for which you can discuss, improve, expand, or add to, etc, is to add a script to peoples phones that simply takes pictures out of a mobile phone camera during calls (or at any other time?). As well as capturing calls at call time, you should also meet up with participants periodically to talk about the calls and the pictures taken. There will be issues or privacy in pictures to think about in your protocol. Things to think about:
For extra info - you should read this paper as an idea of a similar study protocol and exploratory investigation. CourseworksAssignment 1 (20%): (Now) Due 11:59pm 8th November 2009Study Preparation Documents You will create a detailed step-by-step study plan for the Semester 1 Class Project, based upon your group's discussions and plans. While the plan for the project should be made as a group, your submitted plan will be individual. You should think carefully about how much time you are planning to spend with participants and what you are asking them to do. You can be creative and thoughful, but explain what YOU want to do, and what has to be considered, and what resources are needed.It's a plan, not a final set-in-stone event. Your report should include:
Incomplete set of example documents for a lab-study. Obviously they need improving, and should be applicable to a field study Submission details to come. Assignment 2 (40%): Due: See belowField Study Performance and Report The final design of the study protocol and code has been completed and tested in 3 seperate Nokia phones. The study is ready to begin, and you will each be helping to run the study. You will be expected to find 2 participants each and perform the study with them over a 2 week period. The period will conclude with in-class analyses, and individual report writing. The documents you need are included in this file. Included is:
Alternative Method
Interim deadline: 8th March 2010:
Final deadline: NOW 17th March 2010 11:59pm: Final report in style of conference paper:
Instructions for submitting through turnitin will be provided nearer the time. Marking will be based on the quality of your interview transcripts and choice of codes from the first deadline. The ACM paper will be marked on: related work, description of method, presentation of results, quality of writing and choice of references. Assignment 3 (40%): Due: See belowLab Study Performance and Report In this coursework you will take turns in running and participating in a lab-based user study. Initially working in pairs, one of you will run the lab study on the other, and then you will swap. The aim of the study is to see if tag-clouds on a web search engine will help people learn about unfamiliar topics. The procedural information and study documents are here and the Instructions are here. When everyone has performed the study with each other, you will upload your results to a google spreadsheet (instructions are in the documents above). Your coursework includes, therefore, the analysis of this data with appropriate statistical methods. You may want to analyse the number of factual statements created, the number of additional keywords, time, etc and check if they vary by topic, familiarity, or age etc. You might want to see if there is any variation in age or task or user interface. To handin: A report that includes:
Deadline 1: 25th April 2010 11:59pm Deadline 2: 16th May 2010 11:59pm Marking will be based on the quality of the description of the methods, the choice and quality of analysis, the depth of discussion, and the detail of your discussion on being both participants and evaluators. You may want to look at example publications to see good method, results, and discussion sections. Pairs remember - one take even tasks, the other take odd tasks. choose the one you know least about ideally. |
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