Aesthetics, Accessibility and User-centered design: An analysis of the University of Otago Library Special Collections online exhibitions 2002-2013

Research Problem: This study analyses 42 online exhibitions which are currently available on the University of Otago Library Special Collections web page. The research integrates aesthetics, accessibility and user-centered design and focusses on each exhibitions functionality and appeal within these parameters. Methodology: The intention of this research is to compare and contrast 42 online exhibitions up until November 2013, with additional in-depth analysis of ten selected online exhibitions. Tools used were an LG wide-screen monitor and PC, and exhibitions were accessed via the Mozilla Firefox web browser 24.2.0. Results: Three clear issues with the exhibitions design were identified: 1) in the majority of exhibitions, the size of the type used was smaller than recommended accessibility guidelines, and fluctuated over time; 2) labelling rather than numbering cabinets in an index created improved usability; 3) overall aesthetics and functionality within the exhibitions improved over time, reflecting available technology. Implications: The 42 online exhibitions analysed provide insight into how available technology has improved the aesthetic appearance of the exhibitions and their functionality since 2002. The latter exhibitions contain far more images, varied and appealing page design, and an unobtrusive provision of further information on the cabinet artefacts. Usability and accessibility could be enhanced by consistent 12 point type within the main body and cabinets of the exhibitions, in addition to consistent labelling of cabinets which provides the patron a better understanding of the whole exhibitions theme, and the cabinets, wall and vitrines without too much ‘clicking’. Areas for future research into accessibility and patron inclusivity in online exhibitions for libraries are highlighted.

Preflight Weather Decision Support Tool (PWDST): User-Centered Design Process and Usability Validation

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1071181319631435 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 1915-1919

Author(s):

Jayde King ◽

John Kleber ◽

Ashlee Harris ◽

Barbara Chaparro ◽

Beth Blickensderfer

Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

Design Process ◽

Decision Support Tool ◽

General Aviation ◽

Future Research ◽

User Centered Design ◽

Accident Rate ◽

Support Tool ◽

Perceived Usability ◽

General Aviation flight operations have been negatively affected by the slow decreasing weather related accident rate for the last 20 years. Upon further investigation, research suggests, that poor preflight planning and a lack of aviation weather experience and knowledge may be contributing factors to the stagnant weather related accident rate. Our team developed a Preflight Weather Decision Support Tool (PWDST) to help novice pilots access, interpret, and apply weather information. We used a user-centered design process which involved an initial task analysis, low-fidelity prototyping, low-fidelity usability testing, user interviews and expert review. This study assessed and compared the perceived usability, difficulty, and the system assistance satisfaction of the PWDST. Participants (n=9) completed a usability study and a series of surveys during, as well as, after the completion of the preflight planning scenario. A series of Mann-Whitney U Tests were conducted to compare the difference between Private Pilot and Certified Flight Instructors (CFI) perceived usability, difficulty, and system assistance satisfaction ratings. Results indicated, there were no significant differences between group ratings. Overall, both groups reported above average usability, system assistance and low difficulty rating for the PWDST. Future research and possible implications are discussed.

Pain, sleep disturbance, and fatigue symptom cluster in patients suffering from chronic chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain (CINP).

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.9113 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽

pp. 9113-9113

Author(s):

Jennifer S. Gewandter ◽

Charles E Heckler ◽

Katie Devine ◽

Supriya Gupta Mohile ◽

Oxana Palesh ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cancer Survivors ◽

Sleep Disturbance ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Symptom Cluster ◽

Cancer Center ◽

Future Research ◽

Cluster Analyses ◽

Associated Symptoms ◽

The University ◽

9113 Background: Various symptom cluster combinations of pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance (SD), and depression have been identified in cancer patients. The presence of symptom clusters has not been assessed in patients with persistent CINP. This exploratory analysis aimed to determine which symptoms statistically clustered with pain in cancer survivors with CINP. Methods: The University of Rochester Cancer Center Community Clinical Oncology Program recruited 461 patients with CINP > 4 (on a 0-10 scale) who had completed chemotherapy (median 7 months ago) for a pain intervention trial. At baseline, groups of highly associated symptoms that included pain were identified empirically using factor and cluster analyses of the 11 symptoms in the University of Rochester Symptom Inventory plus the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) scores. To investigate if associated symptoms track together over time, multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis was performed using changes in symptom severity between baseline and week 6, controlling for gender, age, education, race, and marital status. Results: Subjects were 88% white and 71% female, and on average 61 years old. Mean (standard deviation) baseline pain, fatigue, and SD were 5.7 (2.8), 5.0 (2.7), and 4.2 (3.1), respectively; 26% of subjects had borderline or abnormal HADS scores. Factor analysis identified 3 factors that accounted for 88% of the variance. One factor included pain, fatigue, SD, but not HADS, and accounted for 37% of the variance. Variable clustering also identified pain, SD, and fatigue as 1 symptom cluster. Changes in severity of SD and fatigue (p < 0.0001), but not HADS, were associated with changes in pain (adjusted R2 = 0.168) in MLR analysis. Conclusions: Pain, fatigue, and SD were identified as a symptom cluster by factor and cluster analyses, and were found to track together over time by MLR. Since these data suggest that pain is associated with sleep quality and fatigue in patients with persistent CINP, targeting one of these symptoms may lead to reductions in the others. Future research should investigate interventions that target pain, fatigue, and SD concurrently in cancer survivors suffering from CINP.

Managed Retreat Components and Costing in a Coastal Setting

10.26686/wgtn.17138906.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Samuel Olufson

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Local Governments ◽

Adaptation Strategy ◽

Adaptation Option ◽

Future Research ◽

Depth Analysis ◽

Adaptation Options ◽

Climate change impacts are beginning to be felt across the world. Therefore, the development and understanding of adaptation options is becoming more important. Sea-level rise and its associated impacts are predicted to continue and accelerate well into the next century. As such, it is important that adaptation options which reduce risks associated with sea-level rise are developed and are well understood. Managed retreat is one such option. While research on managed retreat is increasing, there is a lack of literature that identifies what managed retreat comprises, how to plan and stage the option over time, and how to cost it as an adaptation option. This thesis aims to address this gap in the literature by answering the following three questions: (1) what are the issues related to implementing managed retreat as an adaptation strategy in coastal areas, now, and moving into the future?; (2) what are the components of managed retreat?; and (3) what framework could be developed for costing managed retreat? A qualitative ‘desk-top’ approach was taken to deconstruct the components of managed retreat across space and time and to develop a framework for costing the components as part of an adaptation strategy. An in-depth analysis of literature, enabled an understanding of managed retreat implementation, and also informed the development of a component typology and costing framework for the adaptation option. The typology and framework were then tested for relevance and utility for decision making through a series of semi-structured discussions with key informants working in climate change adaptation. Using the component typology and costing framework, a new approach is presented for staging and costing managed retreat, over time and in different contexts. The typology and framework contribute knowledge and guidance for local governments and infrastructure agencies when discussing managed retreat with their communities, for identifying and staging managed retreat, and for the costing of components. It does this by presenting components in stages as overlapping and parallel pathways, providing groupings of components according to types of costs, and identifying appropriate costing methodologies that enable the implementation of managed retreat. To conclude, the thesis suggests areas for future research on managed retreat.

Managed Retreat Components and Costing in a Coastal Setting

10.26686/wgtn.17138906 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Samuel Olufson

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Local Governments ◽

Adaptation Strategy ◽

Adaptation Option ◽

Future Research ◽

Depth Analysis ◽

Adaptation Options ◽

Climate change impacts are beginning to be felt across the world. Therefore, the development and understanding of adaptation options is becoming more important. Sea-level rise and its associated impacts are predicted to continue and accelerate well into the next century. As such, it is important that adaptation options which reduce risks associated with sea-level rise are developed and are well understood. Managed retreat is one such option. While research on managed retreat is increasing, there is a lack of literature that identifies what managed retreat comprises, how to plan and stage the option over time, and how to cost it as an adaptation option. This thesis aims to address this gap in the literature by answering the following three questions: (1) what are the issues related to implementing managed retreat as an adaptation strategy in coastal areas, now, and moving into the future?; (2) what are the components of managed retreat?; and (3) what framework could be developed for costing managed retreat? A qualitative ‘desk-top’ approach was taken to deconstruct the components of managed retreat across space and time and to develop a framework for costing the components as part of an adaptation strategy. An in-depth analysis of literature, enabled an understanding of managed retreat implementation, and also informed the development of a component typology and costing framework for the adaptation option. The typology and framework were then tested for relevance and utility for decision making through a series of semi-structured discussions with key informants working in climate change adaptation. Using the component typology and costing framework, a new approach is presented for staging and costing managed retreat, over time and in different contexts. The typology and framework contribute knowledge and guidance for local governments and infrastructure agencies when discussing managed retreat with their communities, for identifying and staging managed retreat, and for the costing of components. It does this by presenting components in stages as overlapping and parallel pathways, providing groupings of components according to types of costs, and identifying appropriate costing methodologies that enable the implementation of managed retreat. To conclude, the thesis suggests areas for future research on managed retreat.

QUESTIONING CONVENTIONS: ARE PRODUCT CONVENTIONS TRADING OFF THE USABILITY OF PRODUCTS FOR SHORT TERM USER SATISFACTION

International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science Engineering and Education ◽

10.23947/2334-8496-2015-3-2-47-58 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 47-58

Author(s):

Bryan Gough Young ◽

Andrew Wodehouse ◽

Marion Sheridan

Keyword(s):

User Satisfaction ◽

Necessary Condition ◽

User Centered Design ◽

Short Term ◽

Mental Load ◽

Cognitive Approach ◽

Substantial Impact ◽

Product Interaction ◽

Over Time ◽

Mapping conventions are a key aspect of user centered design as they present users with familiar interactions in unfamiliar products. Conventions evolve over time and are slow to be adopted, requiring a high percentage of acceptance within a society, ensuring that conventions exhibit a sufficient level of usability. However this paper argues that while usability is a necessary condition for good interactions it is not a sufficient one. Therefore user centered design which accents individuals bias towards conventions my in fact be hindering the innovation of product interactions. This paper argues that a cognitive approach should be adopted in order understand and reassess product interactions. An experiment was carried out that demonstrates the influence that simple mappings can have on cognitive load. The results showed that basic mappings of the types that are found throughout product conventions can have a substantial impact on mental load and subsequently product interaction.

Academic entrepreneurship intentions: a systematic literature review

Journal of Management Development ◽

10.1108/jmd-11-2019-0451 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 39 (5) ◽

pp. 645-704 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sara Neves ◽

Carlos Brito

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Academic Entrepreneurship ◽

Academic Community ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Future Research ◽

Content Type ◽

Depth Analysis ◽

The Individual ◽

The University

PurposeThe objective of this research is to have an up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of the current knowledge regarding the variables that encourage the individuals, within the academic community, to get involved in knowledge exploitation activities. It is influenced by the observation that there is a need for more systematic scrutiny of micro-level processes to deepen our understanding of academic entrepreneurship (Balven et al., 2018; Wright and Phan, 2018). The study proposes to answer to ‘What are the drivers of academic entrepreneurial intentions?’ and ‘What are the emerging topics for future research?’Design/methodology/approachThe paper follows a Systematic Literature Review process (Tranfield et al., 2003) and adopts a four-step process format from previous literature reviews within the entrepreneurship context (Miller et al., 2018). From the results within Scopus and Web of Science databases, this research selected, evaluated, summarised and synthesised 66 relevant papers.FindingsThis study provides a factor-listed representation of the individual, organisational and institutional variables that should be considered in the strategies defined by the university. Moreover, the study concludes that the push factors behind the intentions are multiple, context-dependent, hierarchy-dependent, heterogeneous and, at the same time, dependent on each other and against each other. Lastly, the study contributes to academic entrepreneurship literature, especially entrepreneurial intention literature, which has recently received more researchers' attention.Originality/valueThe study corroborates that the individual factors, directly and indirectly via Theory of Planned Behaviour, strongly impact the academics' intentions. While the focus of the papers under review was an in-depth analysis of a selected group of factors, this SLR sought to compile the factors that were identified and provide a broader picture of all those factors to be considered by the university management. It contributes to the identification and clustering of the drivers that encourage academics to engage in knowledge valorisation activities, differentiating them by activity. For the practitioners, this list can be used by university managers, TTOs and department managers, and policymakers to guide questionnaires or interviews to analyse their academics' intentions and adequately support its academic engagement strategy. Lastly, this study also suggests worthwhile avenues for future research.

Penerapan Metode User Centered Design Untuk Mengembangkan E-Learning Universitas Jember Berbasis Mobile

INFORMAL: Informatics Journal ◽

10.19184/isj.v3i3.10072 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 85

Author(s):

Fahrobby Adnan ◽

Muhammad Huda Muttaqin ◽

Tio Dharmawan

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Learning Process ◽

User Satisfaction ◽

System Development ◽

Learning System ◽

User Centered Design ◽

Design Development ◽

E Learning ◽

The University ◽

Aspects of usability or usability in the user's point of view when using and utilizing a product. The use of an inappropriate method in developing the design will increase the number of requests to improve the product after it is finished. Inappropriate method of selecting methods for design development Usually occurs in applications based on Graphical User Interface (GUI), e-commerce websites, cellular services, and also technology in the field of education called e-learning. E-learning is one technology that develops a distance learning system that provides a variety of solutions where the Internet is the medium. Supported by the development of technology supported by smartphones can also be used for the learning process. With the existence of smartphones, students will more easily access learning materials, and teachers will also be easier to share the material to be received. To support the effort to obtain the level of user satisfaction without leaving the specific purpose of making the application itself a user centered design (UCD) method can be applied. UCD is a method that helps users. With the application of this method users will be satisfied and comfortable when using with the system. Based on the concepts of the UCD method and the problems that occur in e-learning especially the University of Jember E-Learning application, it can be seen that the UCD method is suitable to be applied in the development of mobile-based Universitas Jember e-learning applications with the aim of making it easier students and lecturers in the learning process at the University of Jember. This research was conducted in 3 stages, namely data collection, analysis, and system development. The data collection phase consists of literature studies, and questionnaires. The analysis phase is done by processing the data from the questionnaire and conducting usability testing. The development phase is done by building a mobile-based e-learning application. The results of this study are the University of Jember M-Learning application.

The Grammatical Forms Connection between Writing and Speaking from EFL Perspectives

Studies in English Language Teaching ◽

10.22158/selt.v8n1p11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. p11

Author(s):

Mohammad Naser ◽

Mohd Nazri Latiff Azmi ◽

Kamariah Yunus ◽

Hadir Alderaan

Keyword(s):

Strong Relationship ◽

Future Research ◽

Undergraduate Level ◽

Proficiency Assessment ◽

Comparable Accuracy ◽

Similar Accuracy ◽

Proficiency Scores ◽

The University ◽

The Relationship ◽

The goal of this research is to examine whether Saudi undergraduates who use certain grammatical forms in their writing are able to reproduce the same forms with similar accuracy in their speaking. The sample of the study comprised 180 EFL undergraduates’ (male/female) at the undergraduate level from the Institute of languages at the University of Tabuk. The researchers used varied research instruments including Holistic Proficiency Scores and grammatical Use and Accuracy. The data was analyzed using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation, and SPSS. The findings of the research showed that there is a strong relationship between writing and speaking at varied proficiency levels (intermediate and advanced) but the beginners level revealed a noticeable difference in terms of writing and speaking proficiencies’ development in which some of these learners indicated better improvement in writing compared to speaking and vice versa. In relevance to the explicit existence of grammatical items and their use by beginner learners; they were shown to use a considerable number of these grammatical items in their writing, but revealed comparable accuracy in both writing and speaking. This study recommended that further future research should include a similar longitudinal study looking at how the relationship between speaking and writing may change over time for each individual learner, a finding that is merely hypothesized in the present study. Also, the present study investigates this problem through holistic proficiency assessment and grammatical use and accuracy.

Integrating User-Centered Design Into the Sylvester Firefighter Cancer Initiative’s Personal Exposure Reporter

Ergonomics in Design The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications ◽

10.1177/10648046211051196 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 106480462110511

Author(s):

Barbara Millet

Keyword(s):

Design Research ◽

Personal Exposure ◽

Product Launch ◽

Health And Wellness ◽

User Centered Design ◽

Reporter System ◽

Cancer Risks ◽

Hazard Exposure ◽

The University ◽

Firefighters are potentially exposed to many carcinogens in their work. Collection of occupational hazard exposure data offers firefighters greater awareness of their health and wellness and analysis of the data provides researchers opportunities to identify firefighters’ specific health risks. The University of Miami’s Firefighters’ Cancer Initiative conducted user-centered design research with 450 Florida firefighters to develop and implement the Personal Exposure Reporter system for firefighters. Responses after product launch suggest that the system is well received and allows firefighters to successfully submit incident exposure information. The Personal Exposure Reporter will help both firefighters and cancer researchers better understand and address cancer risks.