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CMT 7th, 14th, 21st April’08
In these last sessions we had on Current Issues in Interaction Design, we mainly reviewed the following papers on:
- Activity Theory and Expansive Design by Y. Engestrom,
- Journey to the Interface,
http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/thejourneytotheinterface
- Subtle Redistribution of Work, Attention and Risks: Electronic Patient Record and Organisational Consequences by Signe Vikkelso
In these papers, we touched up on several issues and how the papers are linked to some of the topics we discussed in our previous sessions like; digitization of the NHS, the functional relationship between the practice to be redesigned, and the rest of the organisation, the implications of redesigning an existing practice, the model of practice underlining existing assets, and the kind of knowledge required for redesigning a practice.
Also, we looked into what extent the study allows the reader to decompose the system of activities without losing the real picture and at what degree of focus on interaction can be conceptualised as part of layers of interaction.
Furthermore, we discussed Observable behaviours and less Observable (internal) behaviours, and Addressing and Defining the needs and expectations of those the products are design for.
Finally we looked at the criteria for evaluating success, and ways to integrate the goals and needs of all the stakeholders.
PDE 11th, 27th April ‘08
These sessions were mainly project advisory tutorials with Bob and Andy-Interaction Design Practice held at the ‘Product Design and Engineering’ workshop.
