All in the Family: Exploring Design Personas of Systems for Remote Communication with Preschoolers
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mandryk, Regan L. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Bath, John | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Neufeld, Eric | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Gutwin, Carl | |
| dc.creator | Artemchuk, Valentyna | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-27T05:46:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-01-27T05:46:53Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2018-12 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-01-26 | |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2018 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-01-27T05:46:53Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Although there have been recent advances in remote communication technologies that foster connectedness and intimacy over a distance, systems designed for communicating with preliterate preschoolers—a desired use case—are not yet prevalent, nor are there clear guidelines for their design. We conducted a mixed-methods study to characterize the current practices, goals, and needs of people who wish to use remote communication systems with young children. We present quantitative and qualitative findings on the motivations for communicating, the habits, activities, and patterns that have been established, and the barriers and concerns faced. We synthesized these findings into four design personas that describe the desired functionality and requirements of systems to support remote communication with preschoolers. For each persona, we systematically evaluated 60 research-based systems based on the extent to which each persona’s requirements were covered, demonstrating that none of the personas were greatly satisfied with the available tools. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10388/11830 | |
| dc.subject | Families | |
| dc.subject | remote communication | |
| dc.subject | children | |
| dc.subject | design | |
| dc.subject | persona | |
| dc.title | All in the Family: Exploring Design Personas of Systems for Remote Communication with Preschoolers | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Computer Science | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Computer Science | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Saskatchewan | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |