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user centered vs user experience

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ALARM! Another confusion on board!!!

I think it is not the same to talk about user centered than user experience.

Several papers related to computer science are highlighting that their focus is to enhance the user experience. Excuse me?, how do they measure and validate that the experience is enhanced with their intervention? (haven’t seen/read measurements and less validations of their intervention on the experience of the users)

In parallel, game studies is putting a lot of effort on the understanding of the game experience. However, on this field it is possible to observed long ethnographies (in case of virtual worlds) or the use of psychological methodologies for specific purposes.

Perhaps one can assume, due to the fact that “x” is developed using a user-centered approach, the experience will be enhanced using ex. But isn’t is a dangerous generalization?, because which experience is enhanced? (positive or negative experience), diminish frustration, increase enjoyment, inspirational, etc. And even those elements should be clearly define first.

To be direct: according to whom, which experience is enhanced, how is it enhanced, under which specific context and using what?.

Maybe I am getting picky, I am confusing myself easily, or complicating myself. :/

But clear thinking, it is not easy!

correlation of the personal process of creating knowledge

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when we are babies, we just make noises, or what adults interpret as noises (I have no idea if it might represent something else)

as a toddler we start to imitate behaviors and words.

as a child, we start to express ourselves independently but it is confine to an sphere

as a teenager, when the wold is opening is just a mess all over the place, which can be seen as well in our way of expression, inside and outside the person

as a young adult, you start to comprehend a bit some things, which implies as well be able to express them with another perspective and after reflect with your own experience

and…. I am stock there… 🙂 hehehehe…

But all this human process, I feel it correlates well with what we call PhD process. Our understanding and adjustment is in ourselves first and later with the outside world, it is in constant evolution.

Sometime we only babble of things, later we just start to hook ourselves in some terms, time pass and we might get stock in a small world. Time keeps on passing and we might turn crazy by getting complete lost in the “knowledge-space” in which we are getting exposed, but suddenly, when you less expected, an apparently senseful connection of thoughts take place and even you can make one logical sentence all by yourself. Then you realized: “wow! this starts to make sense”.

However I have the impression that this process is kind of cyclic, according to the reference we select. Nevertheless, if it is correct this correlation, it offers some kind of hope to reach different stages if different factors are work and develop correctly over time, and when the time is right. 🙂

puff!!!

phd day

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WOW! I feel a relief. Let me tell you, I confirmed once again that talk in public stresses me A LOT!. Takes much of my energy. Also realized of some of the details you have to be aware while you chair a PhD day.
– No idea about the timing issue. Puff!!! for so many angles.
– Food organization. Thanks so much Roman, you were GREAT with it!
– Content.

I have just no idea how a conference is. And between you and me I am NOT looking forward to do that. If be a presenter is hard enough.

From the positive side, our PhD’s day start again. 🙂 I am deeply THANKFUL with the feedbacks. The senior researchers of my research team are just FANTASTIC!!! 🙂 and your support being critical with my work is much appreciate it. I learn from each one of you. My goal is clear for the following weeks. To focus! but at difference of earlier times I know where to focus 😛 I think.

What a summer!!! It has been quite busy, and I wanted to hibernate!!! I was complete naive thinking about that.

Now to the next goal.

Thank you all!

educational technology, technology education, instructional technology?

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Interesting! right now I face myself with an new lack of focus and/or understanding. If the title of my blog is so clear: what am I doing?.

Anyway, let me state the question to the public. Is it correct that the primarily focus and/or objectivge of our EdTech group is the option A?. Being the other options also present but secondary objectives. Am I correct or am I missleading myself in here?

Options:
A) We are enhancing the teaching and learning process focusing on the craft or the art of using technology. (Educational technology )

B) We are focus on technological literacy for everyone. (Technology education)

C) We are doing instructional technology. Which might be similar as Educational technology but as difference of it, it stresses more the “scientific and systems approach of instructional problem solving”.

Clear thinking is just a mess.

Once a read that math teachers can’t teach math properly, because themselves can’t understand it. But at this point, I start to believe this phenomena is not exclusive of math.