scholarly journals A Human Activity Approach to User Interfaces

1989 ◽  
Vol 18 (291) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Bødker

<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>

1987 ◽  
Vol 16 (224) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Bødker

<p>This dissertation discusses human-computer interaction, and the role of user interfaces in use and design from the point-of-view of human activity theory. Human-computer interaction conducted in purposeful human work is in focus. The main idea is that a computer application, from the user's perspective, is not something that the user operates on but something that the user operates through on other objects or subjects.</p><p>The contents of the report is the following: Danish Summary; Introduction; Human Activity and Human-Computer Interaction; User Interface Design -- the Empirical Cases; User Interfaces; Methods for User Interface Design; User Interface Design -- Advice to the Designer.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Novan Aries Tuharea ◽  
Darpianto Sampe Payung ◽  
I Gede Purnawinadi ◽  
Reymon Rotikan

Proses keperawatan tidak terlepas dari peran seorang perawat dalam menjalankan tugas dan tanggungjawabnya dalam memberikan layanan kesehatan terhadap pasien. Salah satu hal yang penting dalam proses keperawatan adalah membuat dokumentasi. Hal ini menjadi penting oleh karena dokumentasi asuhan keperawatan atau proses keperawatan merupakan dokumen yang mencatat tindakan yang dilakukan oleh perawat terhadap pasien. Namun dengan beban kerja yang cukup tinggi membuat banyak perawat tidak dapat menyusun dokumentasi asuhan keperawatan dengan baik. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuat sebuah metode pencatatan asuhan keperawatan dengan memanfaatkan teknologi informasi dengan membuat sebuah aplikasi komputer. Adapun dalam penelitian ini menggunakan mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Keperawatan, Universitas Klabat sebagai objek penelitian, dengan pertimbangan kemudahan dalam melakukan observasi dan wawancara untuk mengetahui kebutuhan dalam pengembangan aplikasi. Aplikasi yang dikembangkan mengikuti standar asuhan keperawatan dari NANDAInternational. Adapun hasil penelitian menunjukkan penggunaan aplikasi dalam membuat dokumentasi dan laporan asuhan keperawatan memberikan kemudahan bagi mahasiswa, dimana dapat mempersingkat waktu penyusunan laporan. Dan walaupun penelitian ini menggunakan mahasiswa sebagai objek penelitian, namun hasil penelitian juga dapat digunakan oleh perawat yang bekerja di Rumah Sakit.Kata Kunci — laporan, asuhan keperawatan, sistem terkomputerisasiThe nursing process is inseparable from the role of a nurse in carrying out its duties and responsibilities in providing health services to patients. One of the things that are important in the nursing process is to make the documentation or the nursing care plan. This is important because this documentation is a document that records the actions taken by nurses to patients. However, the workload is high enough for a nurse to be able to make the documentation.Therefore, in this study an attempt has been made to create a reporting tools for nursing care plan by utilizing information technology with creating a computer application. As in this study, the students at the Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Klabat are becoming the research object, with consideration of ease of observation and interviews to assess the needs in application development. The developed application follows the standards of nursing care documentation of NANDA-International. The research results indicate, that the use of applications in creating nursing care plan report provides convenience for students, which can shorten the time ofpreparation of the report. And although in this study using nursing students as research the object, but the computer application can also be used by nurses who are working at the hospital.Keywords — reporting, nursing care plan, computer-based system


2008 ◽  
pp. 2200-2216
Author(s):  
Somya Joshi ◽  
Michael Barrett ◽  
Geoff Walsham ◽  
Sam Cappleman

This article investigates how, and with what success, global organisations design computer-based systems for knowledge sharing which aim to balance centralised and standardised approaches against more diverse local needs. The empirical basis for the article is provided by an analysis of two different global organisations, each with its own knowledge-sharing infrastructure in place. We use third-generation activity theory as the theoretical basis for our analysis. The contributions from this article are twofold. The first is our theoretical lens, where activity theory is applied to the domain of global information systems and their organisational context. This analysis provides a new approach in addressing both the mediation of and motivations behind knowledge-sharing activity. The second contribution concerns the theoretical and practical insights this gives on the problems and challenges of achieving a balance between global and local priorities within highly distributed work contexts, and the role of computer-based systems in this arena.


Author(s):  
Somya Joshi ◽  
Michael Barrett ◽  
Geoff Walsham ◽  
Sam Cappleman

This article investigates how, and with what success, global organisations design computer-based systems for knowledge sharing which aim to balance centralised and standardised approaches against more diverse local needs. The empirical basis for the article is provided by an analysis of two different global organisations, each with its own knowledge-sharing infrastructure in place. We use third-generation activity theory as the theoretical basis for our analysis. The contributions from this article are twofold. The first is our theoretical lens, where activity theory is applied to the domain of global information systems and their organisational context. This analysis provides a new approach in addressing both the mediation of and motivations behind knowledge-sharing activity. The second contribution concerns the theoretical and practical insights this gives on the problems and challenges of achieving a balance between global and local priorities within highly distributed work contexts, and the role of computer-based systems in this arena.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-29
Author(s):  
Алексей Семибратов ◽  
Aleksey Semibratov ◽  
Ю. Хотунцев ◽  
Yu. Hotuncev

The article examines the role of the subject area “Technology” in the school, in the development of the personality of the students, in solving the problems of the personnel supply of the economy. The urgency of the subject area “Technology” is substantiated from the point of view of ensuring the continuity of the transition of students from general to vocational education, continuous self-education and work activity. The necessity of orientation of students for engineering and technical activity in the sphere of high-tech production is established. Forms of organization of studying the subject “Technology” in the school are off ered. The content of the subject area “Technology” is disclosed as a transforming human activity and the concept of technology.


2008 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
pp. 496-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Culverhouse ◽  
Paul F Bibby

There is continuing debate concerning the role of occupational therapists within community mental health practice. This opinion piece advocates the need for occupational therapists to undertake more profession-specific work. Its argument draws upon real life case studies as well as the service users' views expressed in the recent College of Occupational Therapists' 10-year strategy for occupational therapy mental health services.


1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (443) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Bødker

<p>Within human-computer interaction cognitive science is today the leading approach. Yet its position is threaded philosophically as well as from within the field. Most attempts to re-frame human-computer interaction from within the field are minor revisions to the traditional theoretical basis, still without much to say about real-life computer applications. In this paper I shall present and discuss an alternative approach based on activity theory.</p><p>The following summarizes the theoretical anchor points:</p><p>Activity is mediated. That artifacts mediate use means that we are normally not aware of them as such in use, they are transparent to us. Artifacts are seen as historical devices.</p><p>Although collective, each activity is conducted through actions of individuals.</p><p>Activities are not taking place in isolation but interwoven with other activities. Artifacts may be the instruments of a web of activities. The concepts of breakdowns and focus shifts are used in the further analysis of specific computer applications in use, and a mapping technique for such analysis is developed. Based on an example I take the first steps towards a more contex\-tualized analysis of human-computer interaction. The human activity framework has provided a vehicle for bringing together an overall analysis of work and use of computer technology with a detailed analysis of human-computer interaction. It provides a way of understanding the relations between the overall socio-political conditions of work and the specific use of the specific computer application in a specific situation. What actually goes on may be analysed from many different levels of activity, where the actual actors are different, and maybe even different from those who conduct the specific actions.</p>


1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (442) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Bødker

<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>


Author(s):  
Somya Joshi ◽  
Michael Barrett ◽  
Geoff Walsham ◽  
Sam Cappleman

This article investigates how, and with what success, global organisations design computer-based systems for knowledge sharing which aim to balance centralised and standardised approaches against more diverse local needs. The empirical basis for the article is provided by an analysis of two different global organisations, each with its own knowledge-sharing infrastructure in place. We use third-generation activity theory as the theoretical basis for our analysis. The contributions from this article are twofold. The first is our theoretical lens, where activity theory is applied to the domain of global information systems and their organisational context. This analysis provides a new approach in addressing both the mediation of and motivations behind knowledge-sharing activity. The second contribution concerns the theoretical and practical insights this gives on the problems and challenges of achieving a balance between global and local priorities within highly distributed work contexts, and the role of computerbased systems in this arena.


Author(s):  
Aaron Marcus ◽  
Aaron Marcus

Computer-based products with multimedia user interfaces will need to communicate large amounts of data and functions, as well as concepts and emotional values, to increasingly diverse users. Using metaphors to embody complex structures and processes is one technique available to user interface developers. The article discusses kinds of metaphors and metaphor design scenarios.


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