Towards a Technology Enhanced Interaction Framework

This paper focuses on the development and validationof a general interaction framework to help design technology tosupport communication between people and improve interactionsbetween people, technology and objects, particularly in complexsituations. A review of existing interaction frameworks showsthat none of them help technology designers and developers toconsider all of the possible interactions that occur at the sametime and in the same place. The main and sub-components of theframework are described and explained and examples are givenfor each type of interaction. The framework was successfullyvalidated by three designer experts and three accessibilityexperts. The designer experts focused on the main and subcomponentsof the framework while accessibility experts focusedon the accessibility aspects. As a result of the comments from theexperts some changes to the framework components will bemade. Work is now in progress to provide designers with amethod to apply the framework to create technology solutions tocomplex communication and interaction problems and situatio

Developing and evaluating a technology enhanced interaction framework and method that can enhance the accessibility of mobile learning

This paper focuses on the development and evaluation of a Technology Enhanced Interaction Framework and Method that can help with designing accessible mobile learning interactions involving disabled people. This new framework and method were developed to help design technological support for communication and interactions between people, technology, and objects particularly when disabled people are involved. A review of existing interaction frameworks showed that none of them helped technology designers to consider all of the possible interactions that occur at the same time and in the same place (i.e. face to face situations). Since almost all learners and teachers now have access to mobile technologies the new framework and method provide great potential for learning through interactions in these face to face situations. The components of the framework are described and explained, and examples of interactions are provided. The Technology Enhanced Interaction Framework has been developed and validated using technology designers and accessibility experts. To help designers apply the framework, the method has been developed and validated using technology designers and accessibility experts, and was successfully evaluated with technology designers

Holistic assessment of situated cooking interactions : preliminary results of an observational study

This study presents the preliminary results of in situ observations of 2 cooking moments among 16 households. The aim of the study was to map the domestic cooking ecosystem from a user’s perspective and define which components of that environment influence the user’s cooking experience. Preliminary results show that contextual components and in particular, situations, shape cooking experiences in the domestic kitchen. Four opposite situational contexts, i.e., cooking for oneself or cooking for guests, cooking on a weekday or cooking during the weekend, cooking routine dishes or cooking dishes for the first time, and cooking alone or cooking together were distinguished. Situational context will influence temporal context, social context, physical context perceptions and information and task context of the cooking activity. These will in turn influence interactions with objects (i.e., ingredients, kitchen utensils), kitchen technology and their interfaces, content and other people present during the cooking activity. This study suggests that future kitchen technologies can match or enhance current practices only if designers and user researchers understand and define their situational context. This study goes beyond the state of the art, as this is the first study that aims to provide a holistic analysis of the current state of domestic cooking experiences using in-situ observations in order to inform design of future technologies. Implications for design are discussed