The workshop will focus on Contextual Inquiry (CI), which is an ethnographic method used in User Centred Design (UCD) process. A CI is done during the initial phases of the design process to understand the end users better. CI is a powerful method and yields very rich data that can be used for constructing product specifications.
The workshop will be conducted jointly by Dr. Anirudha Joshi, who is a well known expert in the field of HCI, and Devanuj, a research scholar with wide experience, of IDC, IIT Bombay.
The workshop will be particularly useful for designers & design students, entrepreneurs, Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD) researchers/NGOs, and software product managers.
The workshop is part of an ongoing research on technology adoption by low-literate users. While we are providing the instructions and guidance for free, we look forward to use the data generated during the hands-on exercises for our own use.
The workshop will be held in three phases:
Phase 1: Introduction
Dr. Joshi will acquaint the participants with the basics of User Studies.
It will be followed by an introduction to CI, its conduct and the interpretation of the field data. In the process, the participants will also learn Affinity Building–a technique for data interpretation.
Dec 12 , 2012 to Dec 14, 2012 (3 days)
Place: Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, Mumbai 400076
Phase 2: Data Collection
No sessions will be held. This phase will be used for data collection.
Phase 3: Interpretation
The users will interpret, consolidate and present the findings.
Dec 22 , 2012 to Dec 23 2012 (2 days)
Place: Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, Mumbai 400076
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Important:
1. This workshop is part of research work and the ownership of all the data that will be generated during the exercises will be with the researchers.
2. The workshop is free. However IIT Bombay will not arrange/pay forparticipants’ boarding and traveling.
3. Lunch and tea will be provided without any charge.
To register, please forward this mail to DEVANUJ[AT]IITB[DOT]AC[DOT]IN with the following details:
1. Professional role
2. Organisation working with
3. Reason for attending
4. Languages Spoken
Contact
Devanuj
Research Scholar
Industrial Design Centre
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai
400076
phone: +91 9869 143 500
