The overarching goal of DEVISE'11 is to improve participants' theoretical and
practical understanding of emergent D&E methods, techniques and tools being
employed in different IT-enhanced sectors by teasing out their differences and
commonalities. Reviews of case studies and hands-on exercises will be employed
as instruments to realize this goal. It aims to enlighten young HCI
researchers and practitioners through in-depth discussions with their
experienced counterparts, enabling them to develop a holistic view of the field
of HCI.
Participants are expected to:
- get to know specializations of certain application domains, certain sector-unique D&E methodologies and their characteristics, and learn to generalize and specialize across domains and sectors;
- gain knowledge and practical experience in designing and evaluating a range of innovative interactive systems with multiple methods and from multiple disciplinary perspectives;
- learn how evaluation studies are devised and executed with respect to domain-specific as well as other contextual resources and constraints;
- explore the relationships between qualitative and quantitative approaches and their synergy in different application contexts;
- investigate how HCI theories can inform the design and evaluation work in practice and vice-versa;
