Hi Peter
You could also look at qualitive evaluation of the artefact. In a
unit I taught a few years ago I asked students to place a poster of
their own design in an appropriate location. Most students used
campus notice boards and posters that aimed at a student audience.
They then used a number of questioning techniques to gain feedback
from passers by on the posters. The simplest method being the
ORID/SAID method, where the questions are based on the Situation
"what do you see, what stands out for you etc." The Affective "how
does it effect you, make you feel etc." Interpretation "what do you
think it's trying to achieve etc." Decision for example "would you go
to that band's gig". This exercise was more about teaching students
how to get feedback (it was in a design management unit)but students
were often surprised by how others perceived their designs.
Regards
Alun
Alun Price
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>Subject: RE: rating designs
>Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:38:16 -0500
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>>Hello there,
>>
>>I am thinking of running an experiment in which I will have
>participants
>>make a design. Some participants would have design guidelines,
>others a case
>>study, and others yet nothing. The design task is simple in nature
>and
>>involves placing an information artifact in a public location where
>>different groups of users can access it.
>>
>>I was interested in measuring the quality of the design solutions.
>Can
>>someone on the list please indicate papers, books, journals,
>magazines,
>>conferences, or methods that deal with the evaluation of designs?
>Are there
>>some agreed upon methods in the design research community?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>peter
>>
>>--------------------------------
>>Peter Scupelli
>>PhD Student in Human-Computer Interaction
>>Carnegie Mellon University
>>
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