[chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Preliminary Results from an iFish Research Study

[Daryl Ku]

(Apologies for cross posting)

You are cordially invited to an IDG Seminar ...


PRESENTER:	Ruud Knieriem

TITLE:		Preliminary Results from an iFish Research Study

VENUE:		University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street,  
Carlton

DATE and TIME:	Friday 20 Feb 2009, 3-4 pm


ABSTRACT:
In recent years, more and more research in the field of Human Computer  
Interaction is focused on the user experience. Joy of use, flow and visual  
aesthetics are concepts getting attention, and are coming together into  
the concept of engagement. Based on earlier research of Jon Pearce a  
research study was set up on engagement with online interactions.  
Participants had to perform two tasks with a modification of the iFISH  
system. iFISH is a research tool for exploring interactivity, engagement  
and affect. The system presents a ranking of objects based on matching  
them to a set of values entered by a user. Two different ways of user  
input were researched, as well as two ways of presenting the output.  
Engagement was investigated by comparing users' actions and their answers  
to a post-questionnaire. In the seminar the preliminary results of the  
study will be presented.

BIO:
Ruud Knieriem is a final year Information Science student from Utrecht  
University, The Netherlands, who has worked on his master thesis at the  
Department of Information Systems, with supervisors Dr Jon Pearce and Dr  
Gregor Kennedy.


Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome.
http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html

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Daryl Ku
PhD Candidate; Interaction Design Group Coordinator

Interaction Design Group
Department of Information Systems
The University of Melbourne
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