Human Activity Modeling: Toward A Pragmatic Integration of Activity Theory and Usage-Centered Design

2009 ◽  
pp. 27-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry L. Constantine
Keyword(s):  
Activity Theory ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Activity Modeling

Human Activity Modeling for Flight Safety

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Bayssie ◽  
L. Chaudron ◽  
P. Le Blaye ◽  
N. Maille ◽  
S. Sadok
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Flight Safety ◽  
Activity Modeling

scholarly journals Contradictions in a distance course for a marginalized population at a Middle Eastern university

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irshat Madyarov ◽  
Aida Taef
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Related Activity ◽  
Activity Systems ◽  
Similar Distance ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Practical Implications

<p>This study explores six cases of non-native English speaking students engaged in a distance English-medium course on critical thinking at a university in Iran. Framed within activity theory, the study investigated students’ course-related activity systems with a particular focus on contradictions that underlie any human activity. The construct of contradictions provides a theoretical lens to understand a web of relationships among a number of elements in course-related activities situated in a cultural-historical setting beset with political controversies, technological challenges, and needs for a bilingual curriculum. The findings indicate that all student participants had multiple activity systems within the course environment. Most participants had primary, secondary, and quaternary contradictions that had positive and negative consequences on the expansion of their activity systems. Discussion also includes practical implications for the distance university under study that could potentially be applied to similar distance schools.</p>

scholarly journals A Human Activity Approach to User Interfaces

1989 ◽  
Vol 18 (291) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Bødker
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Computer Application ◽  
Specific Work ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Computer Based

<p>This paper presents a framework for the design of user interfaces which starts out from the work situations where computer based artifacts are used: The framework deals with the role of the user interface in purposeful human work. Human activity theory is used in this analysis. The purpose of the paper is to make the reader curious and hopefully open his or her eyes to a somewhat different way of thinking about the user interface. The paper applies examples of real-life interfaces to support this process, but it is not the purpose of the paper to give a systematic presentation of empirical results. The paper focuses on the role of the computer application in use. Thus, it is necessary to deal not only with the relation between the human being and the computer, but also with other surounding conditions for work. Human experience and competence is dealt with as rooted in the practice of the group which conducts the specific work activity</p> <strong></strong>

Mediated Action and Network of Actors

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Díaz Andrade ◽  
Samuel Ekundayo
Keyword(s):  
Activity Theory ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Mediated Action ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Sociology Of Technology

Both actor-network theory and activity theory call attention to the coexistence of people and technology. Although both theories provide analytical tools to understand the nature of the reciprocal action-shaping of humans and nonhumans, each puts emphasis on different conceptual elements of human activity. In this paper, the authors examine both activity theory and actor-network theory and present their similarities and differences, limitations, and complementarities. Using the theoretical lenses of both theories, the authors trace the evolution of an ordinary artifact to illustrate how researchers on the sociology of technology and innovations can benefit from these parallel theoretical approaches.

Human Activity Modeling and Simulation with High Biofidelity

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqing Cheng ◽  
Steve Mosher ◽  
Jeanne Smith ◽  
Isiah Davenport ◽  
John Camp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Activity Modeling

scholarly journals Psychological Concepts of Activity Theory in Child Neuropsychology

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Yulia Solovieva ◽  
Luis Quintanar
Keyword(s):  
Activity Theory ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Functional Disorders ◽  
General Activity ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Child Neuropsychology

<p><em>Neuropsychology is the part of psychology, which studies the relation between psychological and brain level of organization of human activity. It is possible to identify specific mechanisms or components of psychological processes related to the functioning of special brain zones. Such a study can be based on different general psychological theories. From the point of view of activity theory approach these components can be understood as psycho-physiological structural and systemic mechanisms of actions and operations fulfilled by a subject in the context of one or another general activity. In other words, neuropsychological level of analyses could be understood as the elementary level of human activity. Neuropsychological analysis can be organized as assessment of actions and not of isolated functions. The present study shows how functional disorders of psychophysiological mechanisms can affect the fulfillment of the same actions of children with learning disabilities. The discussion stresses the importance of inclusion of the terms of activity theory to the practice in neuropsychology.</em></p>

scholarly journals Historical Analysis and Conflicting Perspectives: Contextualising HCI

1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (442) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Bødker
Keyword(s):  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Computer Application ◽  
Inspection Service ◽  
Computer Interaction

<p>This paper develops two ways of analyzing the human-computer interaction of a computer application in use in an organization. The techniques, historical analyses and conflicting perspectives analysis, and the interplay between them, are used in providing the basis for a more detailed analysis.</p><p>Historical analyses focus on the historical development of artifacts and their use. Conflicting perspectives analysis reflects on the roles of the artifact in use, as system, tool, or medium. Combined, the two types of analysis allow for a focus in particular on conflicts between the roles of a specific artifact in use.</p><p>The techniques are based on human activity theory. They are illustrated by means of a case study of a computer application from a project with the Danish National Labour Inspection Service.</p>

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