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Mixing ESM with DRM. v.j.khan@tue.nl 21.06.06. Javed-Vasileios Khan. Panos Markopoulos, Berry Eggen, Boris de Ruyter, Wijnand IJsselsteijn. INDEX. Background info: Goals of my PhD project, Achievements, Experience Sampling Method (ESM), Day Reconstruction Method (DRM), Application.
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Mixing ESM with DRM v.j.khan@tue.nl 21.06.06 Javed-Vasileios Khan Panos Markopoulos, Berry Eggen, Boris de Ruyter, Wijnand IJsselsteijn
INDEX • Background info: • Goals of my PhD project, • Achievements, • Experience Sampling Method (ESM), • Day Reconstruction Method (DRM), • Application
OVERALL GOAL • How can Awareness Systems support intra-family communication?
Awareness Systems • Awareness Systems are a class of CMC systems having as a goal to help people keep in touch about their activities and whereabouts over long periods of time.
EXAMPLES OF AWARENESS SYSTEMS (1/2) FAMILY PORTRAIT, GATECH, Mynatt, Rowan, et.al.
EXAMPLES OF AWARENESS SYSTEMS (2/2) Daily Activities Diarist TU/e, Metaxas, Markopoulos,et.al.
MY FOCUS • Communication between “busy parents” • Couples: • Both working, • Have at least one dependent child, • Goal is to support their communication with Awareness Systems
PROBLEM • Communication needs of “busy parents” are dynamic and changing with their context, • How to capture those needs?
METHODS ALREADY USED • Interview study, • Online survey study, • Common problem=> lacking flexibility to fit into the life events of participants.
Experience Sampling Method • A quasi-naturalistic method that involves signaling questions at subjects at random times throughout the day.
Day Reconstruction Method • Subjects first revive memories of the previous day by constructing a diary consisting of a sequence of episodes, • Then they answer the research questions thinking about the episodes. • Assess how people experience their various activities and settings of their lives.
BOTH METHODS HAVE SHORTCOMINGS • ESM: interrupting the subject from daily activities, asking at inconvenient moments, => loose valuable data • DRM: difficulty in remembering occurred events => weak accuracy, unreliable data.
GOALS OF ESM & DRM STUDY • Find out what information are parents willing to automatically share among themselves, + under which context, • Evaluate the combined method.
OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY • INITIAL TASK (WEBSITE): • Info willing to automatically share with partner, • Places and activities (during a typical working day), • Link the info selected to context (place & activity) • 5 TYPICAL WORKING DAYS (WEBSITE & PDA): • Ask at random times about context (at that time) & info willing to automatically share.
FILTER INFO THAT A PARTICIPANT WOULD GENERALLY WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE WITH PARTNER
CURRENT & FUTURE WORK • EXECUTE THE STUDY WITH 20 SUBJECTS, • DEVELOP AN AWARENESS SYSTEM FOR “BUSY PARENTS”.
MORE INFO • HTTP://WWW.AWARENESS.ID.TUE.NL • V.j.khan@tue.nl