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Tuesday, January
14th
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Creating Assistive
Technologies - Understanding the Problem
Gayle Curtis, MS
UX
Design Consultant |
Abstract: When we look at the
drivers of effective innovation, we see two complementary themes emerging:
First, new technologies or methods that open the way to new solutions, and
second, new insights or experiences that yield a better understanding of the
problem. With a design thinking approach, we begin by building empathy with the
user and the situation, then we use ideation, prototyping, and iteration to
explore, formulate, and test solutions.
In this class session we will look at
ways to gain understanding of user needs, goals, and values around a problem,
as well as the constraints and requirements of the situations around them. One
goal for this session is for students to identify a set of questions to explore
through interview and observation with real users of assistive technologies.
Teams may also get some good ideas about the people they might approach for
both inspiration and insight.
Biosketch:
Gayle Curtis is a UX design consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area,
specializing in user interface architecture and design strategy for online
ventures and interactive products. Recently he was Principal Interaction
Designer at Yahoo!, where he also developed a practice area in strategic
ideation and disseminated it through workshops in the US and Asia. At Stanford
he has held Lecturer appointments in Human Computer Interaction (CS) and
Product Design (ME). Gayle is a graduate of the MS Engineering Product Design
Program at Stanford.
Contact information:
- Gayle Curtis
- gcurtis -at- gmail.com
- Lecture Material:
- Pre-lecture slides - Mb pdf
file
- Slides - Kb pdf
file
- Links:
- Better
Brainstorms by Gayle Curtis
- What to
do in Need Finding
- Observant
Observing
- Interviewing
and Observing – Agile Aging
- Need
Finding Tools
- The
Seven Rules of Brainstorming (Created by IDEO)
- Engineering Design Process
Activities
- Ten
lessons in productivity and brainstorming from The Beatles
- How
can you prepare engineering students to work with people with
disabilities?
- What
are some hints for communicating with individuals who have
disabilities?
- Disability Helping
Etiquette That Lets You Relax and Interact with Respect
- People-first
Engineering - University of Michigan
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