TY - GEN
T1 - Field testing mobile digital storytelling software in rural Kenya
AU - Reitmaier, Thomas
AU - Bidwell, Nicola J.
AU - Marsden, Gary
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We describe and reflect on a method we used to evaluate usability and give insights on situated use of a mobile digital storytelling prototype. We report on rich data we gained by implementing this method and argue that we were able to learn more about our prototype, users, their needs, and their context, than we would have through other evaluation methods. We look at the usability problems we uncovered and discuss how our flexibility in field-testing allowed us to observe unanticipated usage, from which we were able to motivate future design directions. Finally, we reflect on the importance of spending time in-situ during all stages of design, especially when designing across cultures.
AB - We describe and reflect on a method we used to evaluate usability and give insights on situated use of a mobile digital storytelling prototype. We report on rich data we gained by implementing this method and argue that we were able to learn more about our prototype, users, their needs, and their context, than we would have through other evaluation methods. We look at the usability problems we uncovered and discuss how our flexibility in field-testing allowed us to observe unanticipated usage, from which we were able to motivate future design directions. Finally, we reflect on the importance of spending time in-situ during all stages of design, especially when designing across cultures.
KW - digital storytelling
KW - evaluation
KW - HCI4D
KW - probe
KW - rural
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78249259664&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1851600.1851649
DO - 10.1145/1851600.1851649
M3 - Conference Paper published in Proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:78249259664
SN - 9781605588353
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 283
EP - 286
BT - MobileHCI 2010 - 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
T2 - 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Mobile HCI2010
Y2 - 7 September 2010 through 10 September 2010
ER -