Week 3 Outline

• Review prediction times from first project

• Review meaning of cue validity

• Discuss results from last project

  Discussion topics

  • What questions did you ask to learn about basic-level names and typical examples?
  • Did you consultant confirm your basic-level and prototype choices?
  
  

• Methods for learning about users and tasks

  • Interviews
  • Field observations
  • Surveys
  • Contextual inquiry

  Discussion topics

  • Which methods are the most reliable?
  • Which methods consume the least amount of time?
  • Which methods require the most preparation?
  • Which methods produce the most detailed information?
  
  

• Readings on contextual inquiry

  • Using contextual inquiry to learn about your audiences
  • A commentary on "Using contextual inquiry"
  • A Survey of User-Centered Design Practice

  These links can be accessed on the DePaul campus, or through the library's proxy server.

• Review next project

• Introduction to models of information navigation

  Readings will include:

  • Information foraging (also available on DL Web site) by Pirolli and Card
  • Modeling an opportunistic strategy for information navigation
  • Modeling information navigation (longer description, with evaluation)