More JA-Sig UCamp ideas
Daphne Ogle
daphne at media.berkeley.edu
Mon Oct 8 19:39:58 UTC 2007
This brings up an interesting point. How long are folks planning to
stay? I originally thought is was 2 day event but it looks like
space is available all week.
Paul, when you say "later in the week", what are you thinking?
Trying to figure out logistics...
-Daphne
On Oct 5, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Paul Zablosky wrote:
> Barbara,
> Given the intended substantial Fluid presence at the
> unconference, I'm hoping that there will be a strong thread of
> usability/accessibility permeating the gathering. I am in favour
> of making the UCamp a plenary, although attendees are of course
> free to pursue other interests in parallel if they wish.
>
> Certainly, we need to set this up with appropriate lightning talks.
>
> I'm also hoping that there will be some opportunity for real
> designer/developer interactions focused on real deliverables later
> in the week. Ideally these collaborations would be proposed before
> the unconference, but they could arise during the Monday-Tuesday
> activities.
>
> The unconference presents a great opportunity for spreading the
> "literacy" of user experience expertise, and we should make the
> most of it.
>
> [I put the word literacy in quotes because I borrowed it from a
> well-expressed comment from Michael Feldstein on the Fluid wiki.]
>
> Paul
>
> Barbara Glover wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I'd like to get your feedback on an idea for the UCamp that was
>> suggested in the Unconference planning mailing. The idea is to
>> have the UCamp be a full-all attendee activity with a few
>> lightning UE talks in the morning preceeding.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Anymore ideas on what you want to discuss? I think there is some
>> need to at least give a brief intro to UE (maybe a lightning talk)
>> for some attendees.
>>
>> Barbara
>>
>>
>> On 2-Oct-07, at 7:04 PM, Paul Zablosky wrote:
>>
>>> I see that Barbara has put a query onto the unconference planning
>>> pages about the duration
>>> of the U-Camp.
>>>
>>> I'll be on the planning call on Friday and discuss this with the
>>> conference committee.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> Colin Clark wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Glad to hear the discussion starting up about the U-Camp for JA-
>>>> SIG's
>>>> unconference. I'm really looking forward to helping with it
>>>>
>>>> The unconference is a fairly short event (just three days long)
>>>> so we
>>>> should probably count on only a 1/2 day for the U-Camp unless
>>>> there's a
>>>> lot of popular demand.
>>>>
>>>> Paul, perhaps you can confirm with the conference committee this
>>>> week
>>>> that the expectation is a 1/2 day for the U-Camp?
>>>>
>>>> Colin
>>>>
>>>> Barbara Glover wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Daphne
>>>>> That's a good question that we should consider, what the goal
>>>>> of this
>>>>> U-Camp should be.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since I haven't been involved in prior ones, I'm not sure if the
>>>>> developers attending this UCamp would have also attended those
>>>>> other
>>>>> UCamps? If so, then perhaps we should include more concrete
>>>>> examples of
>>>>> how we can help them out specifically with involving more UCD
>>>>> into their
>>>>> design issues. If most are new to UCD though, then maybe we
>>>>> could do a
>>>>> combination?
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps with a full day we can accommodate both approaches?
>>>>>
>>>>> Barbara
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2-Oct-07, at 2:32 PM, Daphne Ogle wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The topics Gary outlines are similar to what's been presented
>>>>>> at the
>>>>>> Sakai uCamp's previously. Are we hoping to give developer's
>>>>>> tips for
>>>>>> creating better experiences, growing the design expertise of
>>>>>> design
>>>>>> community, moving design and development of some aspect of
>>>>>> uPortal
>>>>>> forward, other, some of each? Yes, you can see where I'm
>>>>>> going with
>>>>>> this...what's the goal? :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Daphne
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 2, 2007, at 7:54 AM, Barbara Glover wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Gary
>>>>>>> I think those look like excellent topics and are well
>>>>>>> organized in
>>>>>>> flow. It would be great if you want to present one or more.
>>>>>>> Let's
>>>>>>> see what others might also want to do and we can start putting a
>>>>>>> schedule together.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If there's a lot of interest, perhaps we could have a full
>>>>>>> day? I
>>>>>>> like the idea of hands-on exercises as that reinforces the
>>>>>>> concepts
>>>>>>> for people.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cheers
>>>>>>> Barbara
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 1-Oct-07, at 5:21 PM, Gary Thompson wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Barbara,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I plan to be involved. The Sakai folks probably have a better
>>>>>>>> defined u-camp, but I have presented a half-day seminar
>>>>>>>> entitled
>>>>>>>> _User-Centered Design: The Key to Adoption_ at the last two
>>>>>>>> uPortal
>>>>>>>> conferences.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Synopsis:
>>>>>>>> This session will outline the user-centered design process
>>>>>>>> and how
>>>>>>>> it can be utilized at your institution to create a portal
>>>>>>>> that gets
>>>>>>>> adopted. We'll define design and discuss where it fits in the
>>>>>>>> overall development process. We'll cover the main steps of the
>>>>>>>> user-centered design process: user research, user profiling,
>>>>>>>> user
>>>>>>>> scenarios, design concepts, and user testing. At each step,
>>>>>>>> we'll
>>>>>>>> engage in exciting, hands-on activities that you can take
>>>>>>>> home and
>>>>>>>> implement in your portal project.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Outline:
>>>>>>>> * Introduction - design defined (30 mins)
>>>>>>>> * UCD Process - designing for adoption (90 mins)
>>>>>>>> o User research (30 mins)
>>>>>>>> o User profiling (30 mins)
>>>>>>>> o User scenarios (30 mins)
>>>>>>>> * Session break (15 mins)
>>>>>>>> * UCD Process - designing for adoption (continued, 60 mins)
>>>>>>>> o Design concepts (30 mins)
>>>>>>>> o User testing (30 mins)
>>>>>>>> * Conclusion - how to take it home (20 mins)
>>>>>>>> * Q&A (15 mins)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think both Paul and Colin have attended the seminar. I
>>>>>>>> would be
>>>>>>>> willing to present and/or lead discussion around any of
>>>>>>>> these topics.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Barbara Glover wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>> The JA-Sig unconference is coming up November 12-16 at
>>>>>>>>> Rutgers in
>>>>>>>>> New Jersey. A 1/2 day u-camp is planned for early in the week
>>>>>>>>> (Monday or Tuesday). Currently there are no discussion topics
>>>>>>>>> selected. Colin has asked me to put together a program for
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> u-camp. I'd like to get others involved and see what you
>>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>> should be discussed.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Let me know who is interested and we can then schedule a
>>>>>>>>> meeting on
>>>>>>>>> Breeze later this week to discuss further.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also if there are any examples of past U-camps, please let
>>>>>>>>> me know
>>>>>>>>> as well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Barbara
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Daphne Ogle
>>>>>> Senior Interaction Designer
>>>>>> University of California, Berkeley
>>>>>> Educational Technology Services
>>>>>> daphne at media.berkeley.edu <mailto:daphne at media.berkeley.edu>
>>>>>> cell (510)847-0308
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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