Design alter egos: Constructing and employing fictional characters in collaborative design sessions

People and Computers XXIII Celebrating People and Technology - Proceedings of HCI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 20-28

  Triantafyllakos, George ^a   Palaigeorgiou, George ^b   Tsoukalas, Ioannis A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collaborative design sessions; Design alter egos; Fictional characters; Participatory design; Scenarios; Students

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN SESSIONS; DESIGN ALTER EGOS; FICTIONAL CHARACTERS; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; SCENARIOS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84860460325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/hci2009.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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