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Grand Challenges in HCI: the Quest for Theory-led Design

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People and Computers XIX — The Bigger Picture

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A grand challenge of theory-led design is proposed for HCI. The history and state of the art in HCI theory and knowledge is reviewed, expanding on Long & Dowell’s conception of HCI. A new approach to bridging from theory to design practice is proposed that uses generic task models as a means of locating theory-based design advice. Theory-based knowledge is also transferred to design as bridging models and as critical cognitive aspects which are applied to task models. Design of specific applications uses theory-based knowledge via mappings to generic task models and by the application of bridging models. The approach is illustrated by a case study investigation of the design issues in notifier systems and explained with a design scenario of hospital patient monitoring.

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  1. Centre for HCI Design, School of Informatics, University of Manchester, PO Box 88, Manchester, UK

    Alistair Sutcliffe

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  1. School of Computing, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

    Tom McEwan MSc, PgCert, MBCS, CITP, Ceng, ILTM (SEDA-accredited teacher in HE) & David Benyon BSc, MSc, PhD (SEDA-accredited teacher in HE) & 

  2. Department of Information Technology/HCI, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Jan Gulliksen MSc, PhD

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Sutcliffe, A. (2006). Grand Challenges in HCI: the Quest for Theory-led Design. In: McEwan, T., Gulliksen, J., Benyon, D. (eds) People and Computers XIX — The Bigger Picture. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-249-7_31

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