Learning CHI on facebook
SIGCHI.be, Affligem, B, 19 October 2009
Erik Duval, Gonzalo Parra, Sten Govaerts
http://erikduval.wordpress.com
@ErikDuval
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Technology enhanced
Learning, music & research
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warning:
design (for learning)
is difficult...
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http://erikduval.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/laptop-fun/
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CHI for
computer science students
• insight in factors
• realize impact of user interface design
• tasks and kind of users
• more heuristic than prescriptive
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‘different’
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three reasons to teach
on facebook
• focus on evaluation:
facebook offers realistic number of users
• this is where (some of) the students are:
makes learning relevant to their life
• open learning:
makes learning relevant to the world
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realistic number of users
for evaluation?
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projects
in groups
of 4
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Makes learning relevant
to their life?
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not just facebook...
• mixed feelings...
• some fear loss of time, privacy, ...
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Fits in my life… (PLE)
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open learning?
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walled garden...
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in the end...
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is life is learning is life is learning is
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So...
• Look for opportunities to remove friction
• Enable feedback from and interaction between users
• Learn from your users by enabling them to learn
• And ... let me know what happens ;-)
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http://aspect-project.org/ http://www.icoper.org/ http://www.role-project.eu/ http://www.stellarnet.eu/
Questions?
@ErikDuval
http://erikduval.wordpress.com/
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
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