Zainab Agha
Pamela J. Wisniewski
ABSTRACT
We conducted User Experience (UX) Bootcamps with teens (ages 13-17) to teach them important UX design skills and industry standard tools for co-designing effective online safety interventions or “nudges”. In the process, we asked teens to storyboard about their risky or uncomfortable experiences and design high-fidelity prototypes for online safety interventions that would help mitigate these negative experiences. In this case study, we present our methodology, feedback from teens, challenges, and lessons learned in conducting our UX Bootcamps for adolescent online safety. We recommend that future researchers who want to conduct similar research with teens to encourage group activities, balance teen autonomy with researcher assistance, and ensure teens’ privacy and well-being. Finally, we provide useful guidelines for conducting virtual training and research studies with teens.
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