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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Reading the city : East Austin

Ogden, Rowan Matthew 08 August 2012 (has links)
My research trajectory focuses on creating graphic interpretations of the relationship between the urban landscape and the populations that reside within it. I use the term reading the city to indicate the process of selecting a focal point and connecting relevant information to it. By creating experimental mappings that connect the physical experience of the East Austin to relevant information contexts I seek to develop a series of design strategies that are appropriate for fostering a heightened awareness of the dynamics that shape the urban environment. In this context, graphic design functions as the primary tool for expressing these connections. This report explores the development of the reading process by summarizing conceptual precedents and eleven personal works, which were undertaken to explore the viability of the approach. / text
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Användarnytta, hittbarhet och användbarhet i gränssnitt för komplexa informationsmiljöer

Johansson, Hannes, Hartman, Jorunn January 2012 (has links)
Svårigheter att hitta relevant information på internet är ett stort problem som kostar svenskar både tid och pengar. På internet finns komplexa informationsmiljöer med stora mängder data och i dessa miljöer är det särskilt viktigt att användare får stöd i sitt letande. Det finns tidigare forskning inriktad på att kvantitativt undersöka användares informationsletande men en brist på kvalitativ forskning inom området. I denna studie undersöks användarbeteenden kvalitativt genom sex intervjuer och observationer med användare av den komplexa informationsmiljön Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). För att ta reda på användarnas informationsmål samt hur lätt det är för användare att hitta information i UCDP har gränssnittets upplevda användarnytta, hittbarhet och användbarhet undersökts. Utifrån resultatet av intervjuer och observationer har personas och scenarier skapats vilket har använts för att utveckla en prototyp över ett nytt gränssnitt för UCDP. Prototypen har sedan användartestats och justerats därefter. Utifrån resultatet av studien har nio principer för god användarnytta, hittbarhet och användbarhet i gränssnitt för komplexa informationsmiljöer sammanställts. Dessa principer inkluderar bland annat att utveckla gränssnitt utifrån användarnas mål och behov, presentera mellanliggande information som tydligt visar vad användare kan fördjupa sig i samt ge stöd för flera informationssökningsstrategier. Fortsatt forskning behövs för att utreda principernas validitet samt om det finns ett behov av kompletterande principer. / Difficulties in finding relevant information online cause significant problems for users. The internet houses complex information environments with large quantities of data in which users need more assistance in order to find relevant information. There are multiple examples of quantitative studies on user behavior when finding information but a lack of qualitative research in the field. This study investigates user behaviors with qualitative methods including six interviews and observations with users of the complex information environment Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). UCDP's interface has been evaluated through its perceived usefulness, findability and usability to identify information goals and how easily users find information. Personas and scenarios were created from the information found in the interviews and observations, which were used to develop a prototype of a new interface. The prototype was evaluated through user testing and modified thereafter. Based on the results found in the study nine principles regarding the usefulness, findability and usability for interfaces of complex information environments were summarized. These principles include developing interfaces from user goals and needs, presenting information that allows users to predict what additional information they can find, as well as supporting several information seeking strategies. Further research is necessary to examine if additional principles are needed and to validate the found principles.
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Ambientes informacionais digitais e usuários surdos : questões de acessibilidade /

Corradi, Juliane Adne Mesa. January 2007 (has links)
Orientador: Silvana Aparecida Borsetti Gregorio Vidotti / Banca: Fernanda Maria Pereira Freire / Banca: Plácida Leopoldina Ventura Amorin da Costa Santos / Resumo: O campo da Ciência da Informação no âmbito das tecnologias de informação e comunicação tem contribuído para o desenvolvimento de interfaces acessíveis, que atendam diferentes comunidades de usuários e suas necessidades informacionais. Neste sentido, os processos de geração, tratamento e disseminação da informação devem focar o usuário e os sistemas que permitem a criação de interfaces favoráveis ao acesso e ao uso de conteúdos informacionais digitais. Com ênfase na perspectiva bilíngüe da surdez e nos Estudos Surdos, destaca-se o processo de inclusão digital e social de minorias lingüísticas. Estes usuários Surdos utilizam preferencialmente a Língua de Sinais em suas interações comunicativas e informacionais. Assim, objetiva-se destacar as potencialidades das tecnologias de informação e comunicação na construção de ambientes informacionais digitais inclusivos, com destaque a possibilidade de promover a acessibilidade digital para usuários com diferentes condições sensoriais, lingüísticas e motoras, em especial para Surdos sinalizadores. A pesquisa caracteriza-se como uma análise exploratória e descritiva do tema, com revisão de literatura e análise de ambientes digitais. Os dados empíricos e as percepções dos Surdos, principais usuários da pesquisa, sobre acessibilidade foram coletados por meio de questionário, no qual suas vozes declararam a necessidade de melhorias em interfaces digitais. Com isso, desenvolveu-se o Modelo para Análise e Desenvolvimento de Ambientes Informacionais Digitais Inclusivos (MADAIDI), com o intuito de orientar o planejamento e a implantação de ambientes informacionais inclusivos e acessíveis, considerando as peculiaridades de públicos-alvos com diferentes condições sensoriais, lingüísticas e motoras, em especial a comunidade de Surdos. O planejamento de uma Arquitetura da Informação Digital Inclusiva focada... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The Information Science field, under the scope of technology of information and communication, has contributed to develop accessible interfaces that attend different user communities and their informational needs. In this direction, generation, treatment and dissemination processes of information must focus on the users and on the systems that allow the creation of adequate interfaces to the access and to the utilization of digital information contents. With emphasis on the bilingual perspective of deafness and also on Deaf Studies, this work aims to focus the digital and social inclusion processes of deaf users. These users use mainly the sign language in their informational and communicative interactions. Thus, this study presents the strongest points of information and communication technologies to build digital environments that include deaf users, emphasizing the possibility to promote digital accessibility to deafs under different sensorial, linguistic and motor conditions, especially Sign Language users ones. The research has an exploratory and descriptive approach, with literature revision and analysis of digital environments. Empirical data and the perception of the deaf users about accessibility were collected by means of questionnaires, in which their voices asked for better digital interfaces. Therefore, from the principles of Inclusive Digital Information Architecture, we developed a Model for Analysis and Development of Inclusive Digital Information Environments (MADAIDI), aiming to conduct the planning and implementation of inclusive digital information environments, with regard to peculiarities of diverse target publics, futhermost the deaf community. Researcher believes that the planning of an Inclusive Digital Information Architecture focused on universal design, usability, digital technologies and assistive technologies may allow the digital and social... (complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre
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Ambientes informacionais digitais e usuários surdos: questões de acessibilidade

Corradi, Juliane Adne Mesa [UNESP] 30 May 2007 (has links) (PDF)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-05-30Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:55:13Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 corradi_jam_me_mar.pdf: 2556163 bytes, checksum: f5f08ccd979450a8ebe79d841c5e6c6f (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / O campo da Ciência da Informação no âmbito das tecnologias de informação e comunicação tem contribuído para o desenvolvimento de interfaces acessíveis, que atendam diferentes comunidades de usuários e suas necessidades informacionais. Neste sentido, os processos de geração, tratamento e disseminação da informação devem focar o usuário e os sistemas que permitem a criação de interfaces favoráveis ao acesso e ao uso de conteúdos informacionais digitais. Com ênfase na perspectiva bilíngüe da surdez e nos Estudos Surdos, destaca-se o processo de inclusão digital e social de minorias lingüísticas. Estes usuários Surdos utilizam preferencialmente a Língua de Sinais em suas interações comunicativas e informacionais. Assim, objetiva-se destacar as potencialidades das tecnologias de informação e comunicação na construção de ambientes informacionais digitais inclusivos, com destaque a possibilidade de promover a acessibilidade digital para usuários com diferentes condições sensoriais, lingüísticas e motoras, em especial para Surdos sinalizadores. A pesquisa caracteriza-se como uma análise exploratória e descritiva do tema, com revisão de literatura e análise de ambientes digitais. Os dados empíricos e as percepções dos Surdos, principais usuários da pesquisa, sobre acessibilidade foram coletados por meio de questionário, no qual suas vozes declararam a necessidade de melhorias em interfaces digitais. Com isso, desenvolveu-se o Modelo para Análise e Desenvolvimento de Ambientes Informacionais Digitais Inclusivos (MADAIDI), com o intuito de orientar o planejamento e a implantação de ambientes informacionais inclusivos e acessíveis, considerando as peculiaridades de públicos-alvos com diferentes condições sensoriais, lingüísticas e motoras, em especial a comunidade de Surdos. O planejamento de uma Arquitetura da Informação Digital Inclusiva focada... / The Information Science field, under the scope of technology of information and communication, has contributed to develop accessible interfaces that attend different user communities and their informational needs. In this direction, generation, treatment and dissemination processes of information must focus on the users and on the systems that allow the creation of adequate interfaces to the access and to the utilization of digital information contents. With emphasis on the bilingual perspective of deafness and also on Deaf Studies, this work aims to focus the digital and social inclusion processes of deaf users. These users use mainly the sign language in their informational and communicative interactions. Thus, this study presents the strongest points of information and communication technologies to build digital environments that include deaf users, emphasizing the possibility to promote digital accessibility to deafs under different sensorial, linguistic and motor conditions, especially Sign Language users ones. The research has an exploratory and descriptive approach, with literature revision and analysis of digital environments. Empirical data and the perception of the deaf users about accessibility were collected by means of questionnaires, in which their voices asked for better digital interfaces. Therefore, from the principles of Inclusive Digital Information Architecture, we developed a Model for Analysis and Development of Inclusive Digital Information Environments (MADAIDI), aiming to conduct the planning and implementation of inclusive digital information environments, with regard to peculiarities of diverse target publics, futhermost the deaf community. Researcher believes that the planning of an Inclusive Digital Information Architecture focused on universal design, usability, digital technologies and assistive technologies may allow the digital and social... (complete abstract click electronic access below)

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