2023
Gray, Colin M
Instructional designers as ethical mediators Book Section
In: Moore, Stephanie L; Dousay, Tonia A (Ed.): Learning and Instructional Design Technology in the Mirror: Integrating Ethics and Social Responsibility into Research and Practice, 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Ethics and Values, Instructional Design
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Gray, Colin M; Boling, Elizabeth
Learning Experience Design in the light of design knowledge and philosophy Journal Article
In: The Journal of Applied Instructional Design, vol. 12, iss. 3, pp. 217–226, 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Knowledge, Design Theory, Instructional Design, Learning Experience (LX) Design
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title = {Learning Experience Design in the light of design knowledge and philosophy},
author = {Colin M Gray and Elizabeth Boling},
url = {https://edtechbooks.org/jaid_12_3/LXD_design_knowledge_and_philosophy},
doi = {10.59668/515.12901},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-09-23},
urldate = {2023-01-01},
journal = {The Journal of Applied Instructional Design},
volume = {12},
issue = {3},
pages = {217–226},
publisher = {EdTech Books},
abstract = {Instructional design has been dominated by a philosophy focused
on efficiency, effectiveness, and appeal. Learning Experience
Design (LXD), emerging recently, offers a different set of
values with the potential to enhance and evolve the practice of
design for teaching and learning. Using the concepts of
knowledge and philosophy from the literature on design theory,
we challenge the notion that LXD is a discrete new field
separate from instructional design and instead identify LXD as
an alternate philosophy of design. We conclude with the
opportunity to recognize additional philosophies in the field
and consider the impacts of philosophy on knowledge-building
practices.},
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Instructional design has been dominated by a philosophy focused
on efficiency, effectiveness, and appeal. Learning Experience
Design (LXD), emerging recently, offers a different set of
values with the potential to enhance and evolve the practice of
design for teaching and learning. Using the concepts of
knowledge and philosophy from the literature on design theory,
we challenge the notion that LXD is a discrete new field
separate from instructional design and instead identify LXD as
an alternate philosophy of design. We conclude with the
opportunity to recognize additional philosophies in the field
and consider the impacts of philosophy on knowledge-building
practices.
on efficiency, effectiveness, and appeal. Learning Experience
Design (LXD), emerging recently, offers a different set of
values with the potential to enhance and evolve the practice of
design for teaching and learning. Using the concepts of
knowledge and philosophy from the literature on design theory,
we challenge the notion that LXD is a discrete new field
separate from instructional design and instead identify LXD as
an alternate philosophy of design. We conclude with the
opportunity to recognize additional philosophies in the field
and consider the impacts of philosophy on knowledge-building
practices.
Gray, Colin M; Mildner, Thomas; Bielova, Nataliia
Arxiv Preprint, 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Dark Patterns, Ethics and Values, Legal and Policy Perspectives, Regulation, Research Methods
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title = {Temporal Analysis of Dark Patterns: A Case Study of a User's Odyssey to Conquer Prime Membership Cancellation through the "Iliad Flow"},
author = {Colin M Gray and Thomas Mildner and Nataliia Bielova},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09635},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-09-01},
urldate = {2023-09-01},
abstract = {Dark patterns are ubiquitous in digital systems, impacting
users throughout their journeys on many popular apps and
websites. While substantial efforts from the research
community in the last five years have led to consolidated
taxonomies of dark patterns, including an emerging ontology,
most applications of these descriptors have been focused on
analysis of static images or as isolated pattern types. In
this paper, we present a case study of Amazon Prime's
``Iliad Flow'' to illustrate the interplay of dark patterns
across a user journey, grounded in insights from a US
Federal Trade Commission complaint against the company. We
use this case study to lay the groundwork for a methodology
of Temporal Analysis of Dark Patterns (TADP), including
considerations for characterization of individual dark
patterns across a user journey, combinatorial effects of
multiple dark patterns types, and implications for expert
detection and automated detection.},
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Dark patterns are ubiquitous in digital systems, impacting
users throughout their journeys on many popular apps and
websites. While substantial efforts from the research
community in the last five years have led to consolidated
taxonomies of dark patterns, including an emerging ontology,
most applications of these descriptors have been focused on
analysis of static images or as isolated pattern types. In
this paper, we present a case study of Amazon Prime's
``Iliad Flow'' to illustrate the interplay of dark patterns
across a user journey, grounded in insights from a US
Federal Trade Commission complaint against the company. We
use this case study to lay the groundwork for a methodology
of Temporal Analysis of Dark Patterns (TADP), including
considerations for characterization of individual dark
patterns across a user journey, combinatorial effects of
multiple dark patterns types, and implications for expert
detection and automated detection.
users throughout their journeys on many popular apps and
websites. While substantial efforts from the research
community in the last five years have led to consolidated
taxonomies of dark patterns, including an emerging ontology,
most applications of these descriptors have been focused on
analysis of static images or as isolated pattern types. In
this paper, we present a case study of Amazon Prime's
``Iliad Flow'' to illustrate the interplay of dark patterns
across a user journey, grounded in insights from a US
Federal Trade Commission complaint against the company. We
use this case study to lay the groundwork for a methodology
of Temporal Analysis of Dark Patterns (TADP), including
considerations for characterization of individual dark
patterns across a user journey, combinatorial effects of
multiple dark patterns types, and implications for expert
detection and automated detection.
Gray, Colin M; Santos, Cristiana; Bielova, Nataliia; Mildner, Thomas
Arxiv Preprint, 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Dark Patterns, Ethics and Values, Legal and Policy Perspectives, Regulation
@unpublished{Gray2023-nv,
title = {An Ontology of Dark Patterns Knowledge: Foundations, Definitions, and a Pathway for Shared Knowledge-Building},
author = {Colin M Gray and Cristiana Santos and Nataliia Bielova and Thomas Mildner},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09640},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-09-01},
urldate = {2023-09-01},
abstract = {Deceptive and coercive design practices are increasingly
used by companies to extract profit, harvest data, and limit
consumer choice. Dark patterns represent the most common
contemporary amalgamation of these problematic practices,
connecting designers, technologists, scholars, regulators,
and legal professionals in transdisciplinary dialogue.
However, a lack of universally accepted definitions across
the academic, legislative and regulatory space has likely
limited the impact that scholarship on dark patterns might
have in supporting sanctions and evolved design practices.
In this paper, we seek to support the development of a
shared language of dark patterns, harmonizing ten existing
regulatory and academic taxonomies of dark patterns and
proposing a three-level ontology with standardized
definitions for 65 synthesized dark patterns types across
low-, meso-, and high-level patterns. We illustrate how this
ontology can support translational research and regulatory
action, including pathways to extend our initial types
through new empirical work and map across application
domains.},
howpublished = {Arxiv Preprint},
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pubstate = {published},
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Deceptive and coercive design practices are increasingly
used by companies to extract profit, harvest data, and limit
consumer choice. Dark patterns represent the most common
contemporary amalgamation of these problematic practices,
connecting designers, technologists, scholars, regulators,
and legal professionals in transdisciplinary dialogue.
However, a lack of universally accepted definitions across
the academic, legislative and regulatory space has likely
limited the impact that scholarship on dark patterns might
have in supporting sanctions and evolved design practices.
In this paper, we seek to support the development of a
shared language of dark patterns, harmonizing ten existing
regulatory and academic taxonomies of dark patterns and
proposing a three-level ontology with standardized
definitions for 65 synthesized dark patterns types across
low-, meso-, and high-level patterns. We illustrate how this
ontology can support translational research and regulatory
action, including pathways to extend our initial types
through new empirical work and map across application
domains.
used by companies to extract profit, harvest data, and limit
consumer choice. Dark patterns represent the most common
contemporary amalgamation of these problematic practices,
connecting designers, technologists, scholars, regulators,
and legal professionals in transdisciplinary dialogue.
However, a lack of universally accepted definitions across
the academic, legislative and regulatory space has likely
limited the impact that scholarship on dark patterns might
have in supporting sanctions and evolved design practices.
In this paper, we seek to support the development of a
shared language of dark patterns, harmonizing ten existing
regulatory and academic taxonomies of dark patterns and
proposing a three-level ontology with standardized
definitions for 65 synthesized dark patterns types across
low-, meso-, and high-level patterns. We illustrate how this
ontology can support translational research and regulatory
action, including pathways to extend our initial types
through new empirical work and map across application
domains.
Lachheb, Ahmed; Abramenka-Lachheb, Victoria; Moore, Stephanie; Gray, Colin
The role of design ethics in maintaining students' privacy: A call to action to learning designers in higher education Journal Article
In: British journal of educational technology: journal of the Council for Educational Technology, vol. 54, iss. 6, pp. 1653-1670, 2023, ISSN: 0007-1013.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: design ethics; higher education; learning designers; students' privacy, Ethics and Values, Instructional Design
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title = {The role of design ethics in maintaining students' privacy: A call to action to learning designers in higher education},
author = {Ahmed Lachheb and Victoria Abramenka-Lachheb and Stephanie Moore and Colin Gray},
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publisher = {John Wiley & Sons, Ltd},
abstract = {Maintaining students' privacy in higher education, an
integral aspect of learning design and technology integration,
is not only a matter of policy and law but also a matter of
design ethics. Similar to faculty educators, learning designers
in higher education play a vital role in maintaining students'
privacy by designing learning experiences that rely on online
technology integration. Like other professional designers, they
need to care for the humans they design for by not producing
designs that infringe on their privacy, thus, not causing harm.
Recognizing that widely used instructional design models are
silent on the topic and do not address ethical considerations
such as privacy, we focus this paper on how design ethics can be
leveraged by learning designers in higher education in a
practical manner, illustrated through authentic examples. We
highlight where the ethical responsibility of learning designers
comes into the foreground when maintaining students' privacy and
well-being, especially in online settings. We outline an
existing ethical decision-making framework and show how learning
designers can use it as a call to action to protect the students
they design for, strengthening their ethical design capacity.
Practitioner notes What is already known about this topic
Existing codes of ethical standards from well-known learning
design organizations call upon learning designers to protect
students' privacy without clear guidance on how to do so. Design
ethics within learning design is often discussed in abstract
ways with principles that are difficult to apply. Most, if not
all, design models that learning design professionals have
learned are either silent on design ethics and/or do not
consider ethics as a valid dimension, thus, making design ethics
mostly excluded from learning design graduate programs.
Practical means for engaging in ethical design practice are
scarce in the field. What this paper adds A call for learning
designers in higher education to maintain and protect students'
privacy and well-being, strengthening their ethical design
capacity. A demonstration of how to use a practical ethical
decision-making framework as a designerly tool in designing for
learning to maintain and protect students' privacy and
well-being. Authentic examples?in the form of vignettes?of
ethical dilemmas/issues that learning designers in higher
education could face, focused on students' privacy.
Methods?using a practical ethical decision-making framework?for
learning design professionals in higher education, grounded in
the philosophy of designers as the guarantors of designs, to be
employed to detect situations where students' privacy and best
interests are at risk. A demonstration of how learning designers
could make stellar design decisions in service to the students
they design for and not to the priorities of other design
stakeholders. Implications for practice and/or policy Higher
education programs/institutions that prepare/employ learning
designers ought to treat the topics of the designer's
responsibility and design ethics more explicitly and practically
as one of the means to maintain and protect students' privacy,
in addition to law and policies. Learning designers in higher
education ought to hold a powerful position in their
professional practice to maintain and protect students' privacy
and well-being, as an important aspect of their ethical design
responsibilities. Learning designers in higher education ought
to adopt a design thinking mindset in order to protect students'
privacy by (1) challenging ideas and assumptions regarding
technology integration in general and (2) detecting what is
known in User Experience (UX) design as "dark patterns" in
online course design.},
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Maintaining students' privacy in higher education, an
integral aspect of learning design and technology integration,
is not only a matter of policy and law but also a matter of
design ethics. Similar to faculty educators, learning designers
in higher education play a vital role in maintaining students'
privacy by designing learning experiences that rely on online
technology integration. Like other professional designers, they
need to care for the humans they design for by not producing
designs that infringe on their privacy, thus, not causing harm.
Recognizing that widely used instructional design models are
silent on the topic and do not address ethical considerations
such as privacy, we focus this paper on how design ethics can be
leveraged by learning designers in higher education in a
practical manner, illustrated through authentic examples. We
highlight where the ethical responsibility of learning designers
comes into the foreground when maintaining students' privacy and
well-being, especially in online settings. We outline an
existing ethical decision-making framework and show how learning
designers can use it as a call to action to protect the students
they design for, strengthening their ethical design capacity.
Practitioner notes What is already known about this topic
Existing codes of ethical standards from well-known learning
design organizations call upon learning designers to protect
students' privacy without clear guidance on how to do so. Design
ethics within learning design is often discussed in abstract
ways with principles that are difficult to apply. Most, if not
all, design models that learning design professionals have
learned are either silent on design ethics and/or do not
consider ethics as a valid dimension, thus, making design ethics
mostly excluded from learning design graduate programs.
Practical means for engaging in ethical design practice are
scarce in the field. What this paper adds A call for learning
designers in higher education to maintain and protect students'
privacy and well-being, strengthening their ethical design
capacity. A demonstration of how to use a practical ethical
decision-making framework as a designerly tool in designing for
learning to maintain and protect students' privacy and
well-being. Authentic examples?in the form of vignettes?of
ethical dilemmas/issues that learning designers in higher
education could face, focused on students' privacy.
Methods?using a practical ethical decision-making framework?for
learning design professionals in higher education, grounded in
the philosophy of designers as the guarantors of designs, to be
employed to detect situations where students' privacy and best
interests are at risk. A demonstration of how learning designers
could make stellar design decisions in service to the students
they design for and not to the priorities of other design
stakeholders. Implications for practice and/or policy Higher
education programs/institutions that prepare/employ learning
designers ought to treat the topics of the designer's
responsibility and design ethics more explicitly and practically
as one of the means to maintain and protect students' privacy,
in addition to law and policies. Learning designers in higher
education ought to hold a powerful position in their
professional practice to maintain and protect students' privacy
and well-being, as an important aspect of their ethical design
responsibilities. Learning designers in higher education ought
to adopt a design thinking mindset in order to protect students'
privacy by (1) challenging ideas and assumptions regarding
technology integration in general and (2) detecting what is
known in User Experience (UX) design as "dark patterns" in
online course design.
integral aspect of learning design and technology integration,
is not only a matter of policy and law but also a matter of
design ethics. Similar to faculty educators, learning designers
in higher education play a vital role in maintaining students'
privacy by designing learning experiences that rely on online
technology integration. Like other professional designers, they
need to care for the humans they design for by not producing
designs that infringe on their privacy, thus, not causing harm.
Recognizing that widely used instructional design models are
silent on the topic and do not address ethical considerations
such as privacy, we focus this paper on how design ethics can be
leveraged by learning designers in higher education in a
practical manner, illustrated through authentic examples. We
highlight where the ethical responsibility of learning designers
comes into the foreground when maintaining students' privacy and
well-being, especially in online settings. We outline an
existing ethical decision-making framework and show how learning
designers can use it as a call to action to protect the students
they design for, strengthening their ethical design capacity.
Practitioner notes What is already known about this topic
Existing codes of ethical standards from well-known learning
design organizations call upon learning designers to protect
students' privacy without clear guidance on how to do so. Design
ethics within learning design is often discussed in abstract
ways with principles that are difficult to apply. Most, if not
all, design models that learning design professionals have
learned are either silent on design ethics and/or do not
consider ethics as a valid dimension, thus, making design ethics
mostly excluded from learning design graduate programs.
Practical means for engaging in ethical design practice are
scarce in the field. What this paper adds A call for learning
designers in higher education to maintain and protect students'
privacy and well-being, strengthening their ethical design
capacity. A demonstration of how to use a practical ethical
decision-making framework as a designerly tool in designing for
learning to maintain and protect students' privacy and
well-being. Authentic examples?in the form of vignettes?of
ethical dilemmas/issues that learning designers in higher
education could face, focused on students' privacy.
Methods?using a practical ethical decision-making framework?for
learning design professionals in higher education, grounded in
the philosophy of designers as the guarantors of designs, to be
employed to detect situations where students' privacy and best
interests are at risk. A demonstration of how learning designers
could make stellar design decisions in service to the students
they design for and not to the priorities of other design
stakeholders. Implications for practice and/or policy Higher
education programs/institutions that prepare/employ learning
designers ought to treat the topics of the designer's
responsibility and design ethics more explicitly and practically
as one of the means to maintain and protect students' privacy,
in addition to law and policies. Learning designers in higher
education ought to hold a powerful position in their
professional practice to maintain and protect students' privacy
and well-being, as an important aspect of their ethical design
responsibilities. Learning designers in higher education ought
to adopt a design thinking mindset in order to protect students'
privacy by (1) challenging ideas and assumptions regarding
technology integration in general and (2) detecting what is
known in User Experience (UX) design as "dark patterns" in
online course design.
Chivukula, Shruthi Sai; Obi, Ike; Carlock, Thomas; Gray, Colin M
Wrangling Ethical Design Complexity: Dilemmas, Tensions, and Situations Proceedings Article
In: Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS Companion '23), 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Knowledge, Ethics and Values, Practice-Led Research
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title = {Wrangling Ethical Design Complexity: Dilemmas, Tensions, and Situations},
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Gray, Colin M; Chamorro, Lorena Sánchez; Obi, Ike; Duane, Ja-Nae
Mapping the Landscape of Dark Patterns Scholarship: A Systematic Literature Review Proceedings Article
In: Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS Companion '23), Ässociation for Computing Machinery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Dark Patterns, Legal and Policy Perspectives, Transdisciplinarity
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title = {Mapping the Landscape of Dark Patterns Scholarship: A Systematic Literature Review},
author = {Colin M Gray and Lorena Sánchez Chamorro and Ike Obi and Ja-Nae Duane},
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Gray, Colin M; Chivukula, Shruthi Sai; Carlock, Thomas; Li, Ziqing; Duane, Ja-Nae
Scaffolding Ethics-Focused Methods for Practice Resonance Best Paper Proceedings Article
In: DIS'23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2023, (Awarded Best Paper, Top 1%).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Methods, Ethics and Values, Practice-Led Research
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title = {Scaffolding Ethics-Focused Methods for Practice Resonance},
author = {Colin M Gray and Shruthi Sai Chivukula and Thomas Carlock and Ziqing Li and Ja-Nae Duane},
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abstract = {Numerous methods and tools have been proposed to motivate or
support ethical awareness in design practice. However, many
existing resources are not easily discoverable by practitioners.
One reason being that they are framed using language that is not
immediately accessible or resonant with the felt complexity of
everyday practice. In this paper, we propose a set of
empirically-supported ``intentions'' to frame practitioners'
selection of relevant ethics-focused methods based on interviews
with practitioners from a range of technology and design
professions, and then leverage these intentions in the design
and iterative evaluation of a website that allows practitioners
to identify supports for ethics-focused action in their work
context. Building on these findings, we propose a set of
heuristics to evaluate the practice resonance of resources to
support ethics-focused practice, laying the groundwork for
increased ecological resonance of ethics-focused methods and
method selection tools.},
note = {Awarded Best Paper, Top 1%},
keywords = {Design Methods, Ethics and Values, Practice-Led Research},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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Numerous methods and tools have been proposed to motivate or
support ethical awareness in design practice. However, many
existing resources are not easily discoverable by practitioners.
One reason being that they are framed using language that is not
immediately accessible or resonant with the felt complexity of
everyday practice. In this paper, we propose a set of
empirically-supported ``intentions'' to frame practitioners'
selection of relevant ethics-focused methods based on interviews
with practitioners from a range of technology and design
professions, and then leverage these intentions in the design
and iterative evaluation of a website that allows practitioners
to identify supports for ethics-focused action in their work
context. Building on these findings, we propose a set of
heuristics to evaluate the practice resonance of resources to
support ethics-focused practice, laying the groundwork for
increased ecological resonance of ethics-focused methods and
method selection tools.
support ethical awareness in design practice. However, many
existing resources are not easily discoverable by practitioners.
One reason being that they are framed using language that is not
immediately accessible or resonant with the felt complexity of
everyday practice. In this paper, we propose a set of
empirically-supported ``intentions'' to frame practitioners'
selection of relevant ethics-focused methods based on interviews
with practitioners from a range of technology and design
professions, and then leverage these intentions in the design
and iterative evaluation of a website that allows practitioners
to identify supports for ethics-focused action in their work
context. Building on these findings, we propose a set of
heuristics to evaluate the practice resonance of resources to
support ethics-focused practice, laying the groundwork for
increased ecological resonance of ethics-focused methods and
method selection tools.
Parsons, Paul C; Shukla, Prakash; Baigelenov, Ali; Gray, Colin M
Developing Framing Judgment Ability: Student Perceptions from a Graduate UX Design Program Proceedings Article
In: EduCHI 2023: 5th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI '23), Hamburg, Germany, 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Education, Design Judgment, Design Theory, HCI Education, Studio Pedagogy
@inproceedings{Parsons2023-op,
title = {Developing Framing Judgment Ability: Student Perceptions from a Graduate UX Design Program},
author = {Paul C Parsons and Prakash Shukla and Ali Baigelenov and Colin M Gray},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3587399.3587401
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abstract = {Making framing judgments is at the heart of design. When faced
with complex, open-ended situations, designers need to exercise
good judgment to identify the core of the problem at hand and
set the boundaries of the conceptual space through which the
design process will unfold. While framing ability is broadly
recognized as important, the factors that contribute to its
development in educational settings are not well understood,
particularly in the context of HCI education. In this study, we
collected data from master's students in a UX design program at
several points in time across their program journey. We
interviewed 11 of these students in their final semester, having
them reflect on how their ability to make framing judgments has
evolved over time. We highlight pedagogical factors relevant for
the development of their framing ability as indicated by the
students. Our findings also highlight the impact of framing
ability on other design activities and personal design
philosophy.},
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Making framing judgments is at the heart of design. When faced
with complex, open-ended situations, designers need to exercise
good judgment to identify the core of the problem at hand and
set the boundaries of the conceptual space through which the
design process will unfold. While framing ability is broadly
recognized as important, the factors that contribute to its
development in educational settings are not well understood,
particularly in the context of HCI education. In this study, we
collected data from master's students in a UX design program at
several points in time across their program journey. We
interviewed 11 of these students in their final semester, having
them reflect on how their ability to make framing judgments has
evolved over time. We highlight pedagogical factors relevant for
the development of their framing ability as indicated by the
students. Our findings also highlight the impact of framing
ability on other design activities and personal design
philosophy.
with complex, open-ended situations, designers need to exercise
good judgment to identify the core of the problem at hand and
set the boundaries of the conceptual space through which the
design process will unfold. While framing ability is broadly
recognized as important, the factors that contribute to its
development in educational settings are not well understood,
particularly in the context of HCI education. In this study, we
collected data from master's students in a UX design program at
several points in time across their program journey. We
interviewed 11 of these students in their final semester, having
them reflect on how their ability to make framing judgments has
evolved over time. We highlight pedagogical factors relevant for
the development of their framing ability as indicated by the
students. Our findings also highlight the impact of framing
ability on other design activities and personal design
philosophy.
Gray, Colin M; Parsons, Paul C
Building Student Capacity to Engage with Design Methods Proceedings Article
In: EduCHI 2023: 5th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI '23), Hamburg, Germany, 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Education, Design Knowledge, Design Methods, HCI Education, Studio Pedagogy
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challenges that underlie codified methods knowledge. Such
fundamental questions at this intersection include: What
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learn about methods? and How do we know when students have
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Knowledge of design methods is critical for careers in
User Experience (UX) design and other fields commonly
served by HCI programs. In this masterclass, we will seek
to bring together the knowledge contained in key texts
commonly used in HCI education and the evident pedagogical
challenges that underlie codified methods knowledge. Such
fundamental questions at this intersection include: What
kind of knowledge do methods contain? How do students
learn about methods? and How do we know when students have
sufficient knowledge of methods to continue engaging in
adaptation, use, and creation in the future? We will
collaboratively address these questions, laying the
groundwork for participants to consider the following
issues in their own curriculum.
User Experience (UX) design and other fields commonly
served by HCI programs. In this masterclass, we will seek
to bring together the knowledge contained in key texts
commonly used in HCI education and the evident pedagogical
challenges that underlie codified methods knowledge. Such
fundamental questions at this intersection include: What
kind of knowledge do methods contain? How do students
learn about methods? and How do we know when students have
sufficient knowledge of methods to continue engaging in
adaptation, use, and creation in the future? We will
collaboratively address these questions, laying the
groundwork for participants to consider the following
issues in their own curriculum.
Gray, Colin M; Santos, Cristiana; Tong, Nicole; Mildner, Thomas; Rossi, Arianna; Gunawan, Johanna; Sinders, Caroline
Dark Patterns and the Emerging Threats of Deceptive Design Practices Proceedings Article
In: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '23), 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Dark Patterns, Ethics and Values, Legal and Policy Perspectives, Transdisciplinarity
@inproceedings{Gray2023-kq,
title = {Dark Patterns and the Emerging Threats of Deceptive Design Practices},
author = {Colin M Gray and Cristiana Santos and Nicole Tong and Thomas Mildner and Arianna Rossi and Johanna Gunawan and Caroline Sinders},
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abstract = {Growth hacking, particularly within the spectre of surveillance
capitalism, has led to the widespread use of deceptive,
manipulative, and coercive design techniques in the last decade.
These challenges exist at the intersection of many diferent
technology professions that are rapidly evolving and
``shapeshifting'' their design practices to confront emerging
regulation. A wide range of scholars have increasingly addressed
these challenges through the label ``dark patterns,'' describing
the content of deceptive and coercive design practices, the
ubiquity of these patterns in contemporary digital systems, and
the impact of emerging regulatory and legislative action on the
presence of dark patterns. Building on this convergent and
trans-disciplinary research area, the aims of this SIG are to:
1) Provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to
address methodologies for detecting, characterizing, and
regulating dark patterns; 2) Identify opportunities for
additional empirical work to characterize and demonstrate harms
related to dark patterns; and 3) Aid in convergence among HCI,
design, computational, regulatory, and legal perspectives on
dark patterns. These goals will enable an
internationally-diverse, engaged, and impactful research
community to address the threats of dark patterns on digital
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Growth hacking, particularly within the spectre of surveillance
capitalism, has led to the widespread use of deceptive,
manipulative, and coercive design techniques in the last decade.
These challenges exist at the intersection of many diferent
technology professions that are rapidly evolving and
``shapeshifting'' their design practices to confront emerging
regulation. A wide range of scholars have increasingly addressed
these challenges through the label ``dark patterns,'' describing
the content of deceptive and coercive design practices, the
ubiquity of these patterns in contemporary digital systems, and
the impact of emerging regulatory and legislative action on the
presence of dark patterns. Building on this convergent and
trans-disciplinary research area, the aims of this SIG are to:
1) Provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to
address methodologies for detecting, characterizing, and
regulating dark patterns; 2) Identify opportunities for
additional empirical work to characterize and demonstrate harms
related to dark patterns; and 3) Aid in convergence among HCI,
design, computational, regulatory, and legal perspectives on
dark patterns. These goals will enable an
internationally-diverse, engaged, and impactful research
community to address the threats of dark patterns on digital
systems.
capitalism, has led to the widespread use of deceptive,
manipulative, and coercive design techniques in the last decade.
These challenges exist at the intersection of many diferent
technology professions that are rapidly evolving and
``shapeshifting'' their design practices to confront emerging
regulation. A wide range of scholars have increasingly addressed
these challenges through the label ``dark patterns,'' describing
the content of deceptive and coercive design practices, the
ubiquity of these patterns in contemporary digital systems, and
the impact of emerging regulatory and legislative action on the
presence of dark patterns. Building on this convergent and
trans-disciplinary research area, the aims of this SIG are to:
1) Provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to
address methodologies for detecting, characterizing, and
regulating dark patterns; 2) Identify opportunities for
additional empirical work to characterize and demonstrate harms
related to dark patterns; and 3) Aid in convergence among HCI,
design, computational, regulatory, and legal perspectives on
dark patterns. These goals will enable an
internationally-diverse, engaged, and impactful research
community to address the threats of dark patterns on digital
systems.
Gray, Colin M; Chivukula, Shruthi Sai; Bongard-Blanchy, Kerstin; Mathur, Arunesh; Gunawan, Johanna; Schaffner, Brennan
Emerging Transdisciplinary Perspectives to Confront Dark Patterns Proceedings Article
In: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '23), 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Dark Patterns, Ethics and Values, Legal and Policy Perspectives, Transdisciplinarity
@inproceedings{Gray2023-wg,
title = {Emerging Transdisciplinary Perspectives to Confront Dark Patterns},
author = {Colin M Gray and Shruthi Sai Chivukula and Kerstin Bongard-Blanchy and Arunesh Mathur and Johanna Gunawan and Brennan Schaffner},
url = {https://colingray.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023_CHI_Panel_TransdisciplinaryDarkPatterns.pdf
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year = {2023},
date = {2023-04-01},
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abstract = {Technology ethics is increasingly at the forefront of
human-computer interaction scholarship, with increasing
visibility not only to end users of technology, but also
regulators, technology practitioners, and platforms. The notion
of ``dark patterns'' has emerged as one common framing of
technology manipulation, describing instances where
psychological or perceptual tricks are used to decrease user
agency and autonomy. In this panel, we have assembled a group of
highly diverse early-career scholars that have built a
transdisciplinary approach to scholarship on dark patterns,
engaging with a range of socio-technical approaches and
perspectives. Panelists will discuss their methodological
approaches, key research questions to be considered in this
emerging area of scholarship, and necessary connections between
and among disciplinary perspectives to engage with the diverse
constituencies that frame the creation, use, and impacts of dark
patterns.},
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Technology ethics is increasingly at the forefront of
human-computer interaction scholarship, with increasing
visibility not only to end users of technology, but also
regulators, technology practitioners, and platforms. The notion
of ``dark patterns'' has emerged as one common framing of
technology manipulation, describing instances where
psychological or perceptual tricks are used to decrease user
agency and autonomy. In this panel, we have assembled a group of
highly diverse early-career scholars that have built a
transdisciplinary approach to scholarship on dark patterns,
engaging with a range of socio-technical approaches and
perspectives. Panelists will discuss their methodological
approaches, key research questions to be considered in this
emerging area of scholarship, and necessary connections between
and among disciplinary perspectives to engage with the diverse
constituencies that frame the creation, use, and impacts of dark
patterns.
human-computer interaction scholarship, with increasing
visibility not only to end users of technology, but also
regulators, technology practitioners, and platforms. The notion
of ``dark patterns'' has emerged as one common framing of
technology manipulation, describing instances where
psychological or perceptual tricks are used to decrease user
agency and autonomy. In this panel, we have assembled a group of
highly diverse early-career scholars that have built a
transdisciplinary approach to scholarship on dark patterns,
engaging with a range of socio-technical approaches and
perspectives. Panelists will discuss their methodological
approaches, key research questions to be considered in this
emerging area of scholarship, and necessary connections between
and among disciplinary perspectives to engage with the diverse
constituencies that frame the creation, use, and impacts of dark
patterns.
Gray, Colin M; MacDonald, Craig M; Lallemand, Carine; Oleson, Alannah; Carter, Anna R L; St-Cyr, Olivier; Pitt, Caroline
EduCHI 2023: 5th Annual Symposium on HCI Education Proceedings Article
In: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '23), 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cross-Cultural Education, Design Education
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interactive discussions about HCI educational research,
pedagogical innovations, teaching practices, and current and
future challenges facing HCI educators. In addition to providing
a platform to share pedagogical strategies and continue to build
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EduCHI 2023 will bring together an international community of
scholars, practitioners, and researchers to shape the future of
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) education. Held as part of the
CHI 2023 conference, the one-day symposium will feature
interactive discussions about HCI educational research,
pedagogical innovations, teaching practices, and current and
future challenges facing HCI educators. In addition to providing
a platform to share pedagogical strategies and continue to build
a scholarly knowledge base for HCI education, EduCHI 2023 will
also provide opportunities for HCI educators to learn new
instructional strategies and deepen their pedagogical knowledge.
scholars, practitioners, and researchers to shape the future of
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) education. Held as part of the
CHI 2023 conference, the one-day symposium will feature
interactive discussions about HCI educational research,
pedagogical innovations, teaching practices, and current and
future challenges facing HCI educators. In addition to providing
a platform to share pedagogical strategies and continue to build
a scholarly knowledge base for HCI education, EduCHI 2023 will
also provide opportunities for HCI educators to learn new
instructional strategies and deepen their pedagogical knowledge.
Gray, Colin M; Santos, Cristiana; Bielova, Nataliia
Towards a Preliminary Ontology of Dark Patterns Knowledge Proceedings Article
In: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '23), 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Dark Patterns, Ethics and Values, Regulation, Transdisciplinarity
@inproceedings{Gray2023-ds,
title = {Towards a Preliminary Ontology of Dark Patterns Knowledge},
author = {Colin M Gray and Cristiana Santos and Nataliia Bielova},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585676
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year = {2023},
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abstract = {Deceptive design practices are increasingly used by companies to
extract profit, harvest data, and limit consumer choice. Dark
patterns represent the most common contemporary amalgamation of
these problematic practices, connecting designers,
technologists, scholars, regulators, and legal professionals in
transdisciplinary dialogue. However, a lack of universally
accepted definitions across the academic, legislative and
regulatory space has likely limited the impact that scholarship
on dark patterns might have in supporting sanctions and evolved
design practices. In this late breaking work, we seek to
harmonize regulatory and academic taxonomies of dark patterns,
proposing a preliminary three-level ontology to create a shared
language that supports translational research and regulatory
action. We identify potential directions for scholarship and
social impact building upon this ontology.},
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Deceptive design practices are increasingly used by companies to
extract profit, harvest data, and limit consumer choice. Dark
patterns represent the most common contemporary amalgamation of
these problematic practices, connecting designers,
technologists, scholars, regulators, and legal professionals in
transdisciplinary dialogue. However, a lack of universally
accepted definitions across the academic, legislative and
regulatory space has likely limited the impact that scholarship
on dark patterns might have in supporting sanctions and evolved
design practices. In this late breaking work, we seek to
harmonize regulatory and academic taxonomies of dark patterns,
proposing a preliminary three-level ontology to create a shared
language that supports translational research and regulatory
action. We identify potential directions for scholarship and
social impact building upon this ontology.
extract profit, harvest data, and limit consumer choice. Dark
patterns represent the most common contemporary amalgamation of
these problematic practices, connecting designers,
technologists, scholars, regulators, and legal professionals in
transdisciplinary dialogue. However, a lack of universally
accepted definitions across the academic, legislative and
regulatory space has likely limited the impact that scholarship
on dark patterns might have in supporting sanctions and evolved
design practices. In this late breaking work, we seek to
harmonize regulatory and academic taxonomies of dark patterns,
proposing a preliminary three-level ontology to create a shared
language that supports translational research and regulatory
action. We identify potential directions for scholarship and
social impact building upon this ontology.
Gray, Colin M; Exter, Marisa E
A Design Sprint Towards a Four-Year Curriculum in Transdisciplinary Studies Journal Article
In: International Journal of Designs for Learning, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 70–87, 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Case, Design Education, Instructional Design, Learning Experience (LX) Design, Transdisciplinarity, UX Knowledge
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and course designs from the three previous years of a novel
undergraduate transdisciplinary degree program, creating design
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identifying recommendations for future course-level design. In
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incoming team of instruc- tors, we had to work through
substantial ambiguity, balanc- ing the needs of identified
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members, and the end goal of producing students that had a
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in recommendations for a four-year undergraduate curriculum in
transdisciplinary studies. The case is centered on a fast-paced,
two-week design ``sprint'' undertaken by the two authors, which
involved consolidating and synthesizing program evaluation data
and course designs from the three previous years of a novel
undergraduate transdisciplinary degree program, creating design
blueprints that outlined program-level objectives, and
identifying recommendations for future course-level design. In
the process of completing these hand-off materials for the
incoming team of instruc- tors, we had to work through
substantial ambiguity, balanc- ing the needs of identified
learner personas, the capabilities of existing instructional team
members, and the end goal of producing students that had a
flexible, personal transdis- ciplinary identity. This case
describes the design activities we used, the instances of failure
that precipitated our design sprint, the instructional and
institutional constraints we faced, the blueprints for future
instructional design we created on the course and program level,
and the ultimate failure of the degree program we sought to
support.
in recommendations for a four-year undergraduate curriculum in
transdisciplinary studies. The case is centered on a fast-paced,
two-week design ``sprint'' undertaken by the two authors, which
involved consolidating and synthesizing program evaluation data
and course designs from the three previous years of a novel
undergraduate transdisciplinary degree program, creating design
blueprints that outlined program-level objectives, and
identifying recommendations for future course-level design. In
the process of completing these hand-off materials for the
incoming team of instruc- tors, we had to work through
substantial ambiguity, balanc- ing the needs of identified
learner personas, the capabilities of existing instructional team
members, and the end goal of producing students that had a
flexible, personal transdis- ciplinary identity. This case
describes the design activities we used, the instances of failure
that precipitated our design sprint, the instructional and
institutional constraints we faced, the blueprints for future
instructional design we created on the course and program level,
and the ultimate failure of the degree program we sought to
support.
Gray, Colin M; Williams, Rua M; Parsons, Paul C; Toombs, Austin L; Westbrook, Abbee
Trajectories of Student Engagement with Social Justice-Informed Design Work Book Section
In: Hokanson, Brad; Exter, Marisa; Schmidt, Matthew M; Tawfik, Andrew A (Ed.): Toward Inclusive Learning Design: Social Justice, Equity, and Community, pp. 289–301, Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 2023, ISSN: 2625-0012.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Critical Theory, Design Education, Digital Civics, Ethics and Values, HCI Education, Studio Pedagogy, ux practice
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human-centered design traditions. In this paper, we document the
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digital civics approach to support local community needs. We
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Designers are increasingly interested in using methodologies
that foreground the politics of design, moving beyond
product-centered notions of work that are common even within
human-centered design traditions. In this paper, we document the
experiences of undergraduate UX design students as they used a
digital civics approach to support local community needs. We
highlight how students sought to frame their design work and
outcomes, describing successful and unsuccessful trajectories of
engagement with social justice principles.
that foreground the politics of design, moving beyond
product-centered notions of work that are common even within
human-centered design traditions. In this paper, we document the
experiences of undergraduate UX design students as they used a
digital civics approach to support local community needs. We
highlight how students sought to frame their design work and
outcomes, describing successful and unsuccessful trajectories of
engagement with social justice principles.
2022
Goffe, Louis; Chivukula, Shruthi Sai; Bowyer, Alex; Bowen, Simon; Toombs, Austin L; Gray, Colin M
Web Augmentation for Well-Being: the Human-Centred Design of a Takeaway Food Ordering Digital Platform Journal Article
In: Interacting with computers, pp. iwac015, 2022, ISSN: 0953-5438.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@article{Goffe2022-wn,
title = {Web Augmentation for Well-Being: the Human-Centred Design of
a Takeaway Food Ordering Digital Platform},
author = {Louis Goffe and Shruthi Sai Chivukula and Alex Bowyer and Simon Bowen and Austin L Toombs and Colin M Gray},
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abstract = {Äbstract. Online services have become increasingly centralized,
drawing on notions of the `platform economy' to focus on
ecosystem value rather than user value."},
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Äbstract. Online services have become increasingly centralized,
drawing on notions of the `platform economy' to focus on
ecosystem value rather than user value."
drawing on notions of the `platform economy' to focus on
ecosystem value rather than user value."
Gray, Colin M
Critical Pedagogy and the Pluriversal Design Studio Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the Design Research Society, Design Research Society, 2022.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Critical Pedagogy, Design Education, Design Knowledge, Ethics and Values
@inproceedings{Gray2022-kn,
title = {Critical Pedagogy and the Pluriversal Design Studio},
author = {Colin M Gray},
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date = {2022-06-01},
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abstract = {Studio learning is central to the teaching of design. However,
the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside emerging and
historic critiques of studio pedagogy, creates a space for
critical engagement with the present and potential futures of
design education in studio. In this paper, I outline historic
critiques of studio pedagogy, drawing primarily from critical
pedagogy literature to frame issues relating to disempowerment,
student agency, and monolithic representations of the student
role and student development. I build upon this critical
foundation to re-imagine studio practices as pluriversal,
recognizing the challenges and opportunities of bridging
epistemological and ontological differences and facilitating the
potential for pluralism in design curricula, our student
experiences, and the future of design professions.},
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Studio learning is central to the teaching of design. However,
the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside emerging and
historic critiques of studio pedagogy, creates a space for
critical engagement with the present and potential futures of
design education in studio. In this paper, I outline historic
critiques of studio pedagogy, drawing primarily from critical
pedagogy literature to frame issues relating to disempowerment,
student agency, and monolithic representations of the student
role and student development. I build upon this critical
foundation to re-imagine studio practices as pluriversal,
recognizing the challenges and opportunities of bridging
epistemological and ontological differences and facilitating the
potential for pluralism in design curricula, our student
experiences, and the future of design professions.
the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside emerging and
historic critiques of studio pedagogy, creates a space for
critical engagement with the present and potential futures of
design education in studio. In this paper, I outline historic
critiques of studio pedagogy, drawing primarily from critical
pedagogy literature to frame issues relating to disempowerment,
student agency, and monolithic representations of the student
role and student development. I build upon this critical
foundation to re-imagine studio practices as pluriversal,
recognizing the challenges and opportunities of bridging
epistemological and ontological differences and facilitating the
potential for pluralism in design curricula, our student
experiences, and the future of design professions.
Gray, Colin M; Liu, Wei; Xin, Xin; Chin, Daniel; Marks, Jacqueline; Bunting, Sadie; Anglin, Jerry; Hutzel, Becky; Kokate, Samruddhi; Yang, Yushu
Defamiliarization and Intercultural Learning in Cross-Cultural HCI Education Proceedings Article
In: EduCHI'22: 4th Annual Symposium on HCI Education, 2022.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cross-Cultural Education, Design Education, Design Knowledge, Design Methods, Design Theory, HCI Education, UX Knowledge
@inproceedings{Gray2022-es,
title = {Defamiliarization and Intercultural Learning in Cross-Cultural HCI Education},
author = {Colin M Gray and Wei Liu and Xin Xin and Daniel Chin and Jacqueline Marks and Sadie Bunting and Jerry Anglin and Becky Hutzel and Samruddhi Kokate and Yushu Yang},
url = {https://colingray.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022_Grayetal_EduCHI_DefamiliarizationInterculturalLearning.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-04-01},
urldate = {2022-04-01},
booktitle = {EduCHI'22: 4th Annual Symposium on HCI Education},
abstract = {HCI and UX work is increasingly global, and students have the
potential to benefit from building their globalization
competence. However, little research has described the unique
opportunities and challenges of intercultural project work in
the context of HCI education, including the ways in which design
knowledge is leveraged in a cross-cultural setting. In this
research paper, we describe the experiences of a Collaborative
Online International Learning (COIL) project team with
participants from China and the United States as they worked to
identify design opportunities to create ``charmful''
semi-autonomous driving experiences for the Chinese market.
Through our analysis of focus groups, synchronous group
meetings, and artifacts created over one academic semester, we
describe how students engaged design knowledge through the lens
of culture and identify strategies that the teams used to
constructively defamiliarize their understanding of the design
context and potential outcomes. We conclude with opportunities
and challenges in coordinating cross-cultural design work and
describe new ways in which defamiliarization might be a
productive lens to acknowledge and build upon cultural
knowledge.},
keywords = {Cross-Cultural Education, Design Education, Design Knowledge, Design Methods, Design Theory, HCI Education, UX Knowledge},
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HCI and UX work is increasingly global, and students have the
potential to benefit from building their globalization
competence. However, little research has described the unique
opportunities and challenges of intercultural project work in
the context of HCI education, including the ways in which design
knowledge is leveraged in a cross-cultural setting. In this
research paper, we describe the experiences of a Collaborative
Online International Learning (COIL) project team with
participants from China and the United States as they worked to
identify design opportunities to create ``charmful''
semi-autonomous driving experiences for the Chinese market.
Through our analysis of focus groups, synchronous group
meetings, and artifacts created over one academic semester, we
describe how students engaged design knowledge through the lens
of culture and identify strategies that the teams used to
constructively defamiliarize their understanding of the design
context and potential outcomes. We conclude with opportunities
and challenges in coordinating cross-cultural design work and
describe new ways in which defamiliarization might be a
productive lens to acknowledge and build upon cultural
knowledge.
potential to benefit from building their globalization
competence. However, little research has described the unique
opportunities and challenges of intercultural project work in
the context of HCI education, including the ways in which design
knowledge is leveraged in a cross-cultural setting. In this
research paper, we describe the experiences of a Collaborative
Online International Learning (COIL) project team with
participants from China and the United States as they worked to
identify design opportunities to create ``charmful''
semi-autonomous driving experiences for the Chinese market.
Through our analysis of focus groups, synchronous group
meetings, and artifacts created over one academic semester, we
describe how students engaged design knowledge through the lens
of culture and identify strategies that the teams used to
constructively defamiliarize their understanding of the design
context and potential outcomes. We conclude with opportunities
and challenges in coordinating cross-cultural design work and
describe new ways in which defamiliarization might be a
productive lens to acknowledge and build upon cultural
knowledge.
Pivonka, Anne; Makary, Laura; Gray, Colin M
Organizing Metaphors for Design Methods in Intermediate HCI Education Proceedings Article
In: EduCHI'22: 4th Annual Symposium on HCI Education, 2022.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Education, Design Knowledge, Design Methods, HCI Education, Studio Pedagogy, UX Knowledge
@inproceedings{Pivonka2022-nm,
title = {Organizing Metaphors for Design Methods in Intermediate HCI Education},
author = {Anne Pivonka and Laura Makary and Colin M Gray},
url = {https://colingray.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022_PivonkaMakaryGray_EduCHI_OrganizingMetaphorsDesignMethods.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-04-01},
urldate = {2022-04-01},
booktitle = {EduCHI'22: 4th Annual Symposium on HCI Education},
abstract = {Design students must develop competence in a wide range of areas
in order to be successful in their future practice.
Increasingly, knowledge of design methods is used to frame both
a designer's repertoire and their overall facility as a
designer. However, there is little research on how students
build cognitive schema in relation to design methods or how
these schema relate to specific epistemological patterns of
engagement. In this research paper, we report a multiple case
study, capturing the experiences of four advanced undergraduate
UX design students at a large research-intensive institution.
Through an interview study and subsequent analysis, we describe
the wide variety of organizing metaphors that these students
used to frame their understanding and performance of design
methods, including both principles they used to consider methods
as knowledge, and the ways in which these organizing principles
impacted their practice of design. We conclude with
recommendations for further research on the uptake of
methods-focused competence in HCI education and practice.},
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Design students must develop competence in a wide range of areas
in order to be successful in their future practice.
Increasingly, knowledge of design methods is used to frame both
a designer's repertoire and their overall facility as a
designer. However, there is little research on how students
build cognitive schema in relation to design methods or how
these schema relate to specific epistemological patterns of
engagement. In this research paper, we report a multiple case
study, capturing the experiences of four advanced undergraduate
UX design students at a large research-intensive institution.
Through an interview study and subsequent analysis, we describe
the wide variety of organizing metaphors that these students
used to frame their understanding and performance of design
methods, including both principles they used to consider methods
as knowledge, and the ways in which these organizing principles
impacted their practice of design. We conclude with
recommendations for further research on the uptake of
methods-focused competence in HCI education and practice.
in order to be successful in their future practice.
Increasingly, knowledge of design methods is used to frame both
a designer's repertoire and their overall facility as a
designer. However, there is little research on how students
build cognitive schema in relation to design methods or how
these schema relate to specific epistemological patterns of
engagement. In this research paper, we report a multiple case
study, capturing the experiences of four advanced undergraduate
UX design students at a large research-intensive institution.
Through an interview study and subsequent analysis, we describe
the wide variety of organizing metaphors that these students
used to frame their understanding and performance of design
methods, including both principles they used to consider methods
as knowledge, and the ways in which these organizing principles
impacted their practice of design. We conclude with
recommendations for further research on the uptake of
methods-focused competence in HCI education and practice.
Parsons, Paul C; Gray, Colin M
Separating Grading and Feedback in UX Design Studios Proceedings Article
In: EduCHI'22: 4th Annual Symposium on HCI Education, 2022.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Education, Design Theory, HCI Education, Instructional Design, Reflection, Studio Pedagogy, UX Knowledge
@inproceedings{Parsons2022-ow,
title = {Separating Grading and Feedback in UX Design Studios},
author = {Paul C Parsons and Colin M Gray},
url = {https://colingray.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022_ParsonsGray_EduCHI_SeparatingGradingandFeedback.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-04-01},
urldate = {2022-04-01},
booktitle = {EduCHI'22: 4th Annual Symposium on HCI Education},
abstract = {Assessment and feedback are central tasks in most instructional
settings, and the reception of feedback by students is generally
regarded as an essential part of the learning process [18, 22].
Despite the centrality and importance of feedback, there is
increasing evidence that traditional feedback practices are not
effective [6, 37]. Among several known challenges to
implementing effective feedback is the entanglement of feedback
with assessment (i.e., grading), which has become so strong in
many instances that they are effectively conjoined [37]. This
integration is routine and often assumed uncritically, and it
can lead to several problems for the student experience. While
both assessment and feedback have important functions, they are
distinct, and their conflation can obscure the important role
that each has for the teacher and student. In this `teachable
moment' paper, we describe some known problems with assessment
and feedback, the value of disentangling them, and several
strategies we have taken to improve the feedback process across
a series of UX design courses at a large research university."},
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Assessment and feedback are central tasks in most instructional
settings, and the reception of feedback by students is generally
regarded as an essential part of the learning process [18, 22].
Despite the centrality and importance of feedback, there is
increasing evidence that traditional feedback practices are not
effective [6, 37]. Among several known challenges to
implementing effective feedback is the entanglement of feedback
with assessment (i.e., grading), which has become so strong in
many instances that they are effectively conjoined [37]. This
integration is routine and often assumed uncritically, and it
can lead to several problems for the student experience. While
both assessment and feedback have important functions, they are
distinct, and their conflation can obscure the important role
that each has for the teacher and student. In this `teachable
moment' paper, we describe some known problems with assessment
and feedback, the value of disentangling them, and several
strategies we have taken to improve the feedback process across
a series of UX design courses at a large research university."
settings, and the reception of feedback by students is generally
regarded as an essential part of the learning process [18, 22].
Despite the centrality and importance of feedback, there is
increasing evidence that traditional feedback practices are not
effective [6, 37]. Among several known challenges to
implementing effective feedback is the entanglement of feedback
with assessment (i.e., grading), which has become so strong in
many instances that they are effectively conjoined [37]. This
integration is routine and often assumed uncritically, and it
can lead to several problems for the student experience. While
both assessment and feedback have important functions, they are
distinct, and their conflation can obscure the important role
that each has for the teacher and student. In this `teachable
moment' paper, we describe some known problems with assessment
and feedback, the value of disentangling them, and several
strategies we have taken to improve the feedback process across
a series of UX design courses at a large research university."
Gray, Colin M; Hasib, Aiza; Li, Ziqing; Chivukula, Shruthi Sai
Using decisive constraints to create design methods that guide ethical impact Journal Article
In: Design Studies, vol. 79, pp. 101097, 2022, ISSN: 0142-694X.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Knowledge, Design Methods, Ethics and Values
@article{Gray2022-kv,
title = {Using decisive constraints to create design methods that guide ethical impact},
author = {Colin M Gray and Aiza Hasib and Ziqing Li and Shruthi Sai Chivukula},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X22000175},
doi = {10.1016/j.destud.2022.101097},
issn = {0142-694X},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-03-01},
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journal = {Design Studies},
volume = {79},
pages = {101097},
abstract = {Numerous methods have been designed to aid practitioners in
identifying ethical concerns, imagining potential futures,
defining values, and evaluating existing systems. However, there
is little scholarship that addresses the design of these methods,
including how ethical concerns are operationalized in these
methods. In this paper, we report results of an interview study
with twelve ethics-focused method designers, investigating their
process of instigating, creating, and disseminating their method.
We conducted a top-down thematic analysis using the Biskjaer and
Halskov framework of decisive constraints, identifying intrinsic,
extrinsic, and self-imposed constraints alongside iterative and
evaluative resonance-seeking activities. This analysis provides a
rich conceptual vocabulary to better describe the design of
methods for ethical impact from the perspective of researchers
and practitioners.},
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pubstate = {published},
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Numerous methods have been designed to aid practitioners in
identifying ethical concerns, imagining potential futures,
defining values, and evaluating existing systems. However, there
is little scholarship that addresses the design of these methods,
including how ethical concerns are operationalized in these
methods. In this paper, we report results of an interview study
with twelve ethics-focused method designers, investigating their
process of instigating, creating, and disseminating their method.
We conducted a top-down thematic analysis using the Biskjaer and
Halskov framework of decisive constraints, identifying intrinsic,
extrinsic, and self-imposed constraints alongside iterative and
evaluative resonance-seeking activities. This analysis provides a
rich conceptual vocabulary to better describe the design of
methods for ethical impact from the perspective of researchers
and practitioners.
identifying ethical concerns, imagining potential futures,
defining values, and evaluating existing systems. However, there
is little scholarship that addresses the design of these methods,
including how ethical concerns are operationalized in these
methods. In this paper, we report results of an interview study
with twelve ethics-focused method designers, investigating their
process of instigating, creating, and disseminating their method.
We conducted a top-down thematic analysis using the Biskjaer and
Halskov framework of decisive constraints, identifying intrinsic,
extrinsic, and self-imposed constraints alongside iterative and
evaluative resonance-seeking activities. This analysis provides a
rich conceptual vocabulary to better describe the design of
methods for ethical impact from the perspective of researchers
and practitioners.
Boling, Elizabeth; Gray, Colin M; Lachheb, Ahmed
Inscribing a Designer Mindset to Instructional Design Students Book Section
In: The Instructional Design Trainer's Guide, pp. 18–28, Routledge, 2022, ISBN: 9781003109938, 9781003109938.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Education, Design Theory, Ethics and Values, Instructional Design
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title = {Inscribing a Designer Mindset to Instructional Design Students},
author = {Elizabeth Boling and Colin M Gray and Ahmed Lachheb},
url = {https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003109938-3/inscribing-designer-mindset-instructional-design-students-elizabeth-boling-colin-gray-ahmed-lachheb},
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pages = {18--28},
publisher = {Routledge},
abstract = {In this chapter, we focus on building a designer's mindset among
instructional design (ID) students by using frame experiments as
an instructional method. We provide the theoretical foundation
of frame experiments with a sample scenario of their use and
conclude by sharing specific instructional activities that
instructors may use to build design judgment.},
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In this chapter, we focus on building a designer's mindset among
instructional design (ID) students by using frame experiments as
an instructional method. We provide the theoretical foundation
of frame experiments with a sample scenario of their use and
conclude by sharing specific instructional activities that
instructors may use to build design judgment.
instructional design (ID) students by using frame experiments as
an instructional method. We provide the theoretical foundation
of frame experiments with a sample scenario of their use and
conclude by sharing specific instructional activities that
instructors may use to build design judgment.
Gray, Colin M
Languaging design methods Journal Article
In: Design Studies, vol. 78, pp. 101076, 2022, ISSN: 0142-694X.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Methods, Ethics and Values
@article{Gray2022-na,
title = {Languaging design methods},
author = {Colin M Gray},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X21000879},
doi = {10.1016/j.destud.2021.101076},
issn = {0142-694X},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
urldate = {2022-01-01},
journal = {Design Studies},
volume = {78},
pages = {101076},
abstract = {Design methods have been integral to design studies research,
with initial goals of bringing rationality and objectivity to
design activities, later shifting to the creation and provision
of methods as tools to encourage more reflective, meaningful, and
socially responsible design practices. However, little research
exists that describes how methods are created, what knowledge is
used to inform this creation, or connects elements of methods to
performance by designers. In this research note, I describe
performative, codification-oriented, and presentation-oriented
stances towards design methods, articulating a vocabulary that
languages aspects of methods. I describe areas where this
vocabulary may support design researchers, including building new
design methods, informing descriptive accounts of methods in use,
and supporting the creation of a theory of method.},
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Design methods have been integral to design studies research,
with initial goals of bringing rationality and objectivity to
design activities, later shifting to the creation and provision
of methods as tools to encourage more reflective, meaningful, and
socially responsible design practices. However, little research
exists that describes how methods are created, what knowledge is
used to inform this creation, or connects elements of methods to
performance by designers. In this research note, I describe
performative, codification-oriented, and presentation-oriented
stances towards design methods, articulating a vocabulary that
languages aspects of methods. I describe areas where this
vocabulary may support design researchers, including building new
design methods, informing descriptive accounts of methods in use,
and supporting the creation of a theory of method.
with initial goals of bringing rationality and objectivity to
design activities, later shifting to the creation and provision
of methods as tools to encourage more reflective, meaningful, and
socially responsible design practices. However, little research
exists that describes how methods are created, what knowledge is
used to inform this creation, or connects elements of methods to
performance by designers. In this research note, I describe
performative, codification-oriented, and presentation-oriented
stances towards design methods, articulating a vocabulary that
languages aspects of methods. I describe areas where this
vocabulary may support design researchers, including building new
design methods, informing descriptive accounts of methods in use,
and supporting the creation of a theory of method.
Debs, Luciana; Gray, Colin M; Asunda, Paul A
Students' perceptions and reasoning patterns about the ethics of emerging technology Journal Article
In: International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2022, ISSN: 1573-1804.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Education, Ethics and Values
@article{Debs2022-mt,
title = {Students' perceptions and reasoning patterns about the ethics of emerging technology},
author = {Luciana Debs and Colin M Gray and Paul A Asunda},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-021-09719-w},
doi = {10.1007/s10798-021-09719-w},
issn = {1573-1804},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
urldate = {2022-01-01},
journal = {International Journal of Technology and Design Education},
abstract = {Discussions around the unethical use of emerging technology have
become increasingly common in our society. Despite previous
research acknowledging the importance of including societal-level
discussions in engineering and technology undergraduate
curricula, there is a lack of research around college students'
understanding of and engagement with the ethics of new and
emerging technology. In this qualitative study, we present the
results from 17 interviews with students from a range of
engineering and technology fields, describing how they reason as
both designers and consumers of new technology. Our goal is to
characterize students' patterns of reasoning about the ethics of
new technology, and, in this paper, we describe how this
reasoning is argued from multiple stakeholder perspectives
(corporations, government, professionals, users and society). Our
findings indicate privacy, security and balance of power as the
most relevant ethical issues to respondents, and that
participants consider several stakeholders in their reasoning,
often shifting among multiple perspectives. Furthermore,
interviewed students often concluded their reasoning by either
resigning themselves to the pervasiveness of technology or by
pushing the liability concerns to one stakeholder while
diminishing the responsibility of others. In each case,
respondents frequently avoided entering societal-level
discussions related to ethical issues of emerging technology. Our
results offer relevant insights that can facilitate further work
related to the research and teaching of ethics to college
students, as well as suggest areas for future research
particularly building upon participants' feelings of resignation
in relation to unethical use of new technology.},
keywords = {Design Education, Ethics and Values},
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Discussions around the unethical use of emerging technology have
become increasingly common in our society. Despite previous
research acknowledging the importance of including societal-level
discussions in engineering and technology undergraduate
curricula, there is a lack of research around college students'
understanding of and engagement with the ethics of new and
emerging technology. In this qualitative study, we present the
results from 17 interviews with students from a range of
engineering and technology fields, describing how they reason as
both designers and consumers of new technology. Our goal is to
characterize students' patterns of reasoning about the ethics of
new technology, and, in this paper, we describe how this
reasoning is argued from multiple stakeholder perspectives
(corporations, government, professionals, users and society). Our
findings indicate privacy, security and balance of power as the
most relevant ethical issues to respondents, and that
participants consider several stakeholders in their reasoning,
often shifting among multiple perspectives. Furthermore,
interviewed students often concluded their reasoning by either
resigning themselves to the pervasiveness of technology or by
pushing the liability concerns to one stakeholder while
diminishing the responsibility of others. In each case,
respondents frequently avoided entering societal-level
discussions related to ethical issues of emerging technology. Our
results offer relevant insights that can facilitate further work
related to the research and teaching of ethics to college
students, as well as suggest areas for future research
particularly building upon participants' feelings of resignation
in relation to unethical use of new technology.
become increasingly common in our society. Despite previous
research acknowledging the importance of including societal-level
discussions in engineering and technology undergraduate
curricula, there is a lack of research around college students'
understanding of and engagement with the ethics of new and
emerging technology. In this qualitative study, we present the
results from 17 interviews with students from a range of
engineering and technology fields, describing how they reason as
both designers and consumers of new technology. Our goal is to
characterize students' patterns of reasoning about the ethics of
new technology, and, in this paper, we describe how this
reasoning is argued from multiple stakeholder perspectives
(corporations, government, professionals, users and society). Our
findings indicate privacy, security and balance of power as the
most relevant ethical issues to respondents, and that
participants consider several stakeholders in their reasoning,
often shifting among multiple perspectives. Furthermore,
interviewed students often concluded their reasoning by either
resigning themselves to the pervasiveness of technology or by
pushing the liability concerns to one stakeholder while
diminishing the responsibility of others. In each case,
respondents frequently avoided entering societal-level
discussions related to ethical issues of emerging technology. Our
results offer relevant insights that can facilitate further work
related to the research and teaching of ethics to college
students, as well as suggest areas for future research
particularly building upon participants' feelings of resignation
in relation to unethical use of new technology.
Gray, Colin M
Building an Ethnographic Toolbox: Engaging Analog and Digital Tools in Virtual and Physical Spaces Journal Article
In: TechTrends, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 56–67, 2022, ISSN: 1559-7075.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Critical Theory, Design Education, Instructional Design, Research Methods
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title = {Building an Ethnographic Toolbox: Engaging Analog and Digital Tools in Virtual and Physical Spaces},
author = {Colin M Gray},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00680-y},
doi = {10.1007/s11528-021-00680-y},
issn = {1559-7075},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
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abstract = {Studio pedagogy has been used as a comprehensive approach to
prepare students to practice within their chosen discipline of
design. However, little is known about how students experience
these learning environments, including the interplay of social
and educational experiences that support the development of
expertise and identity. To explore and evaluate this complexity,
I used a critical ethnographic approach to immerse myself for one
year in a physical studio and set of Facebook groups, which in
parallel supported students' learning experience. I describe the
``ethnographic toolbox'' that I built and utilized to inform
interpretations of the physical and virtual learning
environments. This toolbox included analog and digital tools,
along with many forms of sensemaking, archiving, and engagement
with metadata that both structured and enabled my role as an
ethnographer. I describe the set of tools, and use vignettes to
illustrate how these tools were used in physical and virtual
environments.},
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Studio pedagogy has been used as a comprehensive approach to
prepare students to practice within their chosen discipline of
design. However, little is known about how students experience
these learning environments, including the interplay of social
and educational experiences that support the development of
expertise and identity. To explore and evaluate this complexity,
I used a critical ethnographic approach to immerse myself for one
year in a physical studio and set of Facebook groups, which in
parallel supported students' learning experience. I describe the
``ethnographic toolbox'' that I built and utilized to inform
interpretations of the physical and virtual learning
environments. This toolbox included analog and digital tools,
along with many forms of sensemaking, archiving, and engagement
with metadata that both structured and enabled my role as an
ethnographer. I describe the set of tools, and use vignettes to
illustrate how these tools were used in physical and virtual
environments.
prepare students to practice within their chosen discipline of
design. However, little is known about how students experience
these learning environments, including the interplay of social
and educational experiences that support the development of
expertise and identity. To explore and evaluate this complexity,
I used a critical ethnographic approach to immerse myself for one
year in a physical studio and set of Facebook groups, which in
parallel supported students' learning experience. I describe the
``ethnographic toolbox'' that I built and utilized to inform
interpretations of the physical and virtual learning
environments. This toolbox included analog and digital tools,
along with many forms of sensemaking, archiving, and engagement
with metadata that both structured and enabled my role as an
ethnographer. I describe the set of tools, and use vignettes to
illustrate how these tools were used in physical and virtual
environments.
Light, Ann; Gray, Colin M; Lindström, Kristina; Forlano, Laura; Lockton, Dan; Speed, Chris
Designing Transformative Futures Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference, Bilbao, Spain, 2022.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Critical Theory, Design Methods, Ethics and Values, Research Methods
@inproceedings{Light2022-cj,
title = {Designing Transformative Futures},
author = {Ann Light and Colin M Gray and Kristina Lindström and Laura Forlano and Dan Lockton and Chris Speed},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.896
https://colingray.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022_Lightetal_DRS_DesigningTransformativeFutures.pdf},
doi = {10.21606/drs.2022.896},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
urldate = {2022-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference},
address = {Bilbao, Spain},
abstract = {What makes the design of futures sufficiently transformative?
Worldwide, people are aware of the need to change and keep
changing to address eco-social challenges and their fall-out in
an age of crises and transitions in climate, biodiversity, and
health. Calls for climate justice and the development of
eco-social sensibilities speak to the need for dynamic and
provisional engagements. Such concerns raise age-old issues of
inequality and colonialist destruction. Our designs carry the
imprint of this current politics, wittingly or unwittingly, into
worlds to come. This conversation asked how might we respond
fluidly to coming uncertainties, questioning our own practices
to sow the seeds of more radical transformation, while
recognizing the structural forces that can limit or temper
opportunities for design activism. It was organized in three
quadrant exercises, which we also reflect upon.},
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What makes the design of futures sufficiently transformative?
Worldwide, people are aware of the need to change and keep
changing to address eco-social challenges and their fall-out in
an age of crises and transitions in climate, biodiversity, and
health. Calls for climate justice and the development of
eco-social sensibilities speak to the need for dynamic and
provisional engagements. Such concerns raise age-old issues of
inequality and colonialist destruction. Our designs carry the
imprint of this current politics, wittingly or unwittingly, into
worlds to come. This conversation asked how might we respond
fluidly to coming uncertainties, questioning our own practices
to sow the seeds of more radical transformation, while
recognizing the structural forces that can limit or temper
opportunities for design activism. It was organized in three
quadrant exercises, which we also reflect upon.
Worldwide, people are aware of the need to change and keep
changing to address eco-social challenges and their fall-out in
an age of crises and transitions in climate, biodiversity, and
health. Calls for climate justice and the development of
eco-social sensibilities speak to the need for dynamic and
provisional engagements. Such concerns raise age-old issues of
inequality and colonialist destruction. Our designs carry the
imprint of this current politics, wittingly or unwittingly, into
worlds to come. This conversation asked how might we respond
fluidly to coming uncertainties, questioning our own practices
to sow the seeds of more radical transformation, while
recognizing the structural forces that can limit or temper
opportunities for design activism. It was organized in three
quadrant exercises, which we also reflect upon.
Gray, Colin M; Huston, Davin; Wolford, Christopher
Iterating Overnight: Using Cardboard to Teach Audio During a Pandemic Journal Article
In: International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 1704–1711, 2022.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Design Theory, Prototyping
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interdisciplinary undergraduate audio engineering course adapted
to a loss of fabrication equipment and the COVID-19 pandemic,
relying more heavily on cardboard prototypes as they ``iterated
overnight'' at home to realize the design of their loudspeaker.
We analyzed a range of iterative prototypes using a prototyping
framework we operationalized from Lim, Tenenberg, and Stolterman,
describing the filtering and manifestation dimensions across a
range of student projects. We reflect upon the trajectories of
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Prototyping is a core element of engineering and technology
activity, giving form to design concepts and facilitating
iteration and testing. With the rise of the ``maker movement,''
higher fidelity forms of prototyping have often been privileged,
without deep investigation into prototyping activities that
support materially-focused exploration across different levels of
fidelity. In this paper, we describe how students in an
interdisciplinary undergraduate audio engineering course adapted
to a loss of fabrication equipment and the COVID-19 pandemic,
relying more heavily on cardboard prototypes as they ``iterated
overnight'' at home to realize the design of their loudspeaker.
We analyzed a range of iterative prototypes using a prototyping
framework we operationalized from Lim, Tenenberg, and Stolterman,
describing the filtering and manifestation dimensions across a
range of student projects. We reflect upon the trajectories of
prototyping, considering strengths and weaknesses of different
types of materials in supporting student exploration and the
pedagogical supports that may be needed to encourage this
exploration.
activity, giving form to design concepts and facilitating
iteration and testing. With the rise of the ``maker movement,''
higher fidelity forms of prototyping have often been privileged,
without deep investigation into prototyping activities that
support materially-focused exploration across different levels of
fidelity. In this paper, we describe how students in an
interdisciplinary undergraduate audio engineering course adapted
to a loss of fabrication equipment and the COVID-19 pandemic,
relying more heavily on cardboard prototypes as they ``iterated
overnight'' at home to realize the design of their loudspeaker.
We analyzed a range of iterative prototypes using a prototyping
framework we operationalized from Lim, Tenenberg, and Stolterman,
describing the filtering and manifestation dimensions across a
range of student projects. We reflect upon the trajectories of
prototyping, considering strengths and weaknesses of different
types of materials in supporting student exploration and the
pedagogical supports that may be needed to encourage this
exploration.
2021
Di, Zhu; Gray, Colin M; Toombs, Austin L; Liu, Wei
Building a Cross-Cultural UX Design Dual Degree Proceedings Article
In: IASDR 2021: The Ninth Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cross-Cultural Education, Design Education, HCI Education, Studio Pedagogy, UX Knowledge
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title = {Building a Cross-Cultural UX Design Dual Degree},
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User Experience (UX) design has expanded rapidly across a range of industry and educational contexts in the last decade. While the core knowledge and “center” of UX is still emergent and contested, new educational programs to train the next generation of UX designers have begun to outline pedagogical practices and concepts that have relevance to the present and future of UX as a discipline. In this paper, we take a broad view of UX preparation, building on a case study of a global dual degree partnership between programs in the United States and China. We recount our individual experiences of building new programs in UX at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and the process of mapping our curricula to offer a bidirectional dual degree program that launched in 2019.
Gray, Colin M
"Scaling Up" and Adapting to Crisis: Shifting a Residential UX Studio Program Online Journal Article
In: Design and Technology Education, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Critical Pedagogy, Design Education, HCI Education, Studio Pedagogy
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date = {2021-11-01},
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abstract = {Our undergraduate UX program at Purdue University launched in 2016 as one of the first UX-focused undergraduate degree programs in the United States, intentionally designed to support the unique characteristics of a residential, research-intensive, land-grant institution. We designed multiple overlapping studio experiences that formed multiple connections among cohorts, supporting mentorship, cognitive apprenticeship, the construction of social bonds, and reflection on one’s own development as a designer. Our program was experiencing quick growth, with our cohort size growing from 20 students in 2016 to 50 students in 2021. With the onset of pandemic restrictions, the challenges of “scaling up” and the challenges of building a virtual studio pedagogy thus met. Our “hidden curriculum” of peer feedback and tacit learning, critique as a means of socialization and feedback, emancipation of the self, and allowance for identity formation pointed towards studio properties that were central to our pedagogy and needed to be reformulated or rethought. I describe the resulting “dimensions of crisis” that impacted our pedagogy and practice, the new supports for studio learning practices that we designed, and how these changes may lead to lasting changes to our residential program once the restrictions of the pandemic subside.},
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Our undergraduate UX program at Purdue University launched in 2016 as one of the first UX-focused undergraduate degree programs in the United States, intentionally designed to support the unique characteristics of a residential, research-intensive, land-grant institution. We designed multiple overlapping studio experiences that formed multiple connections among cohorts, supporting mentorship, cognitive apprenticeship, the construction of social bonds, and reflection on one’s own development as a designer. Our program was experiencing quick growth, with our cohort size growing from 20 students in 2016 to 50 students in 2021. With the onset of pandemic restrictions, the challenges of “scaling up” and the challenges of building a virtual studio pedagogy thus met. Our “hidden curriculum” of peer feedback and tacit learning, critique as a means of socialization and feedback, emancipation of the self, and allowance for identity formation pointed towards studio properties that were central to our pedagogy and needed to be reformulated or rethought. I describe the resulting “dimensions of crisis” that impacted our pedagogy and practice, the new supports for studio learning practices that we designed, and how these changes may lead to lasting changes to our residential program once the restrictions of the pandemic subside.
Liu, Wei; Lee, Kun-Pyo; Gray, Colin M; Toombs, Austin L; Chen, Kuo-Hsiang; Leifer, Larry
Transdisciplinary Teaching and Learning in UX Design: A Program Review and AR Case Studies Journal Article
In: Applied Sciences, vol. 11, no. 22, pp. 10648, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Education, HCI Education, Transdisciplinary Education
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human--computer interaction (HCI) solutions to improve academic
and business outcomes. Both psychological, designer, and
engineering approaches are adopted in this study. An invited
program review committee met to review progress of the UX program
at the Beijing Normal University (BNUX). They considered issues
and challenges facing the program today, and the steps that it
could make to develop further. During a recent augmented reality
(AR) project on designing future life experience on smart home
and wearables, several experiential concepts and prototypes were
generated to demonstrate HCI and UX research directions. The
committee was impressed by BNUX with its energy, enthusiasm, and
a sense of purpose on practicing transdisciplinary teaching and
learning activities. Recommendations on the current organization
of education, the relation between project-based learning and
research, and opportunities for exposure and visibility are
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Today's user experience (UX) educators and designers can no
longer just focus on creat- ing more usable systems, but must
also rise to the level of strategists, using design thinking and
human--computer interaction (HCI) solutions to improve academic
and business outcomes. Both psychological, designer, and
engineering approaches are adopted in this study. An invited
program review committee met to review progress of the UX program
at the Beijing Normal University (BNUX). They considered issues
and challenges facing the program today, and the steps that it
could make to develop further. During a recent augmented reality
(AR) project on designing future life experience on smart home
and wearables, several experiential concepts and prototypes were
generated to demonstrate HCI and UX research directions. The
committee was impressed by BNUX with its energy, enthusiasm, and
a sense of purpose on practicing transdisciplinary teaching and
learning activities. Recommendations on the current organization
of education, the relation between project-based learning and
research, and opportunities for exposure and visibility are
provided.
longer just focus on creat- ing more usable systems, but must
also rise to the level of strategists, using design thinking and
human--computer interaction (HCI) solutions to improve academic
and business outcomes. Both psychological, designer, and
engineering approaches are adopted in this study. An invited
program review committee met to review progress of the UX program
at the Beijing Normal University (BNUX). They considered issues
and challenges facing the program today, and the steps that it
could make to develop further. During a recent augmented reality
(AR) project on designing future life experience on smart home
and wearables, several experiential concepts and prototypes were
generated to demonstrate HCI and UX research directions. The
committee was impressed by BNUX with its energy, enthusiasm, and
a sense of purpose on practicing transdisciplinary teaching and
learning activities. Recommendations on the current organization
of education, the relation between project-based learning and
research, and opportunities for exposure and visibility are
provided.
Liu, Wei; Lee, Kun-Pyo; Gray, Colin M; Toombs, Austin L; Chen, Kuo-Hsiang; Leifer, Larry
Transdisciplinary Teaching and Learning in UX Design: A Program Review and AR Case Studies Journal Article
In: Äpplied Sciences, vol. 11, no. 22, pp. 10648, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cross-Cultural Education, Design Education, UX Knowledge
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at the Beijing Normal University (BNUX). They considered issues
and challenges facing the program today, and the steps that it
could make to develop further. During a recent augmented reality
(AR) project on designing future life experience on smart home
and wearables, several experiential concepts and prototypes were
generated to demonstrate HCI and UX research directions. The
committee was impressed by BNUX with its energy, enthusiasm, and
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Today's user experience (UX) educators and designers can no
longer just focus on creat- ing more usable systems, but must
also rise to the level of strategists, using design thinking and
human--computer interaction (HCI) solutions to improve academic
and business outcomes. Both psychological, designer, and
engineering approaches are adopted in this study. An invited
program review committee met to review progress of the UX program
at the Beijing Normal University (BNUX). They considered issues
and challenges facing the program today, and the steps that it
could make to develop further. During a recent augmented reality
(AR) project on designing future life experience on smart home
and wearables, several experiential concepts and prototypes were
generated to demonstrate HCI and UX research directions. The
committee was impressed by BNUX with its energy, enthusiasm, and
a sense of purpose on practicing transdisciplinary teaching and
learning activities. Recommendations on the current organization
of education, the relation between project-based learning and
research, and opportunities for exposure and visibility are
provided.
longer just focus on creat- ing more usable systems, but must
also rise to the level of strategists, using design thinking and
human--computer interaction (HCI) solutions to improve academic
and business outcomes. Both psychological, designer, and
engineering approaches are adopted in this study. An invited
program review committee met to review progress of the UX program
at the Beijing Normal University (BNUX). They considered issues
and challenges facing the program today, and the steps that it
could make to develop further. During a recent augmented reality
(AR) project on designing future life experience on smart home
and wearables, several experiential concepts and prototypes were
generated to demonstrate HCI and UX research directions. The
committee was impressed by BNUX with its energy, enthusiasm, and
a sense of purpose on practicing transdisciplinary teaching and
learning activities. Recommendations on the current organization
of education, the relation between project-based learning and
research, and opportunities for exposure and visibility are
provided.
Gray, Colin M; Chen, Jingle; Chivukula, Shruthi Sai; Qu, Liyang
End User Accounts of Dark Patterns as Felt Manipulation Journal Article
In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 5, no. CSCW2, pp. Article 372, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Asshole Design, Dark Patterns, Ethics and Values
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title = {End User Accounts of Dark Patterns as Felt Manipulation},
author = {Colin M Gray and Jingle Chen and Shruthi Sai Chivukula and Liyang Qu},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3479516},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-10-21},
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abstract = {Manipulation defines many of our experiences as a consumer,
including subtle nudges and overt advertising campaigns that
seek to gain our attention and money. With the advent of
digital services that can continuously optimize online
experiences to favor stakeholder requirements, increasingly
designers and developers make use of "dark
patterns"—forms of manipulation that prey on human
psychology—to encourage certain behaviors and discourage
others in ways that present unequal value to the end user.
In this paper, we provide an account of end user perceptions
of manipulation that builds on and extends notions of dark
patterns. We report on the results of a survey of users conducted in English and Mandarin Chinese (n=169), including
follow-up interviews from nine survey respondents. We used a
card sorting method to support thematic analysis of
responses from each cultural context, identifying both
qualitatively-supported insights to describe end users' felt
experiences of manipulative products, and a continuum of
manipulation. We further support this analysis through a
quantitative analysis of survey results and the presentation
of vignettes from the interviews. We conclude with
implications for future research, considerations for public
policy, and guidance on how to further empower and give
users autonomy in their experiences with digital services.},
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Manipulation defines many of our experiences as a consumer,
including subtle nudges and overt advertising campaigns that
seek to gain our attention and money. With the advent of
digital services that can continuously optimize online
experiences to favor stakeholder requirements, increasingly
designers and developers make use of "dark
patterns"—forms of manipulation that prey on human
psychology—to encourage certain behaviors and discourage
others in ways that present unequal value to the end user.
In this paper, we provide an account of end user perceptions
of manipulation that builds on and extends notions of dark
patterns. We report on the results of a survey of users conducted in English and Mandarin Chinese (n=169), including
follow-up interviews from nine survey respondents. We used a
card sorting method to support thematic analysis of
responses from each cultural context, identifying both
qualitatively-supported insights to describe end users' felt
experiences of manipulative products, and a continuum of
manipulation. We further support this analysis through a
quantitative analysis of survey results and the presentation
of vignettes from the interviews. We conclude with
implications for future research, considerations for public
policy, and guidance on how to further empower and give
users autonomy in their experiences with digital services.
including subtle nudges and overt advertising campaigns that
seek to gain our attention and money. With the advent of
digital services that can continuously optimize online
experiences to favor stakeholder requirements, increasingly
designers and developers make use of "dark
patterns"—forms of manipulation that prey on human
psychology—to encourage certain behaviors and discourage
others in ways that present unequal value to the end user.
In this paper, we provide an account of end user perceptions
of manipulation that builds on and extends notions of dark
patterns. We report on the results of a survey of users conducted in English and Mandarin Chinese (n=169), including
follow-up interviews from nine survey respondents. We used a
card sorting method to support thematic analysis of
responses from each cultural context, identifying both
qualitatively-supported insights to describe end users' felt
experiences of manipulative products, and a continuum of
manipulation. We further support this analysis through a
quantitative analysis of survey results and the presentation
of vignettes from the interviews. We conclude with
implications for future research, considerations for public
policy, and guidance on how to further empower and give
users autonomy in their experiences with digital services.
Allred, Alyse Marie; Gray, Colin M
"Be Gay, Do Crimes": The Co-Production and Activist Potential of Contemporary Fanzines Journal Article
In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 5, no. CSCW2, 2021.
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url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3479520},
doi = {10.1145/3479520},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-10-01},
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Li, Ziqing; Gray, Colin M; Toombs, Austin L; McDonald, Kevin; Marinovic, Lukas; Liu, Wei
Cross-Cultural UX Pedagogy: A China–US Case Study Proceedings Article
In: LearnxDesign: The 6th International Conference for Design Education Researchers, Jinan, China, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cross-Cultural Education, Design Education, Instructional Design, Transdisciplinary Education
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institution = {Shandong University of Art and Design},
abstract = {The recent emergence of new undergraduate and graduate design
programs with a focus specific to User Experience (UX) offers
new opportunities to engage with the complexity of these
educational practices. In this paper, we report on a series of
ten interviews with students and faculty to describe
cross-cultural connections between two UX-focused programs,
one in China and one in the United States. Our study includes
the perspectives of students who engaged in intercultural UX
experiences, as well as the perspectives of the faculty who
designed those student experiences through an intercultural
partnership. We report on how each program was created,
developed, and iterated upon, describing program goals and
student experiences across both pro-grams from student and
instructor perspectives. We demonstrate the complexity of UX
educational experiences on an international scale, concluding
with opportunities for intercultural engagement and the
potential for links among education, profession, culture, and
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The recent emergence of new undergraduate and graduate design
programs with a focus specific to User Experience (UX) offers
new opportunities to engage with the complexity of these
educational practices. In this paper, we report on a series of
ten interviews with students and faculty to describe
cross-cultural connections between two UX-focused programs,
one in China and one in the United States. Our study includes
the perspectives of students who engaged in intercultural UX
experiences, as well as the perspectives of the faculty who
designed those student experiences through an intercultural
partnership. We report on how each program was created,
developed, and iterated upon, describing program goals and
student experiences across both pro-grams from student and
instructor perspectives. We demonstrate the complexity of UX
educational experiences on an international scale, concluding
with opportunities for intercultural engagement and the
potential for links among education, profession, culture, and
pedagogy.
programs with a focus specific to User Experience (UX) offers
new opportunities to engage with the complexity of these
educational practices. In this paper, we report on a series of
ten interviews with students and faculty to describe
cross-cultural connections between two UX-focused programs,
one in China and one in the United States. Our study includes
the perspectives of students who engaged in intercultural UX
experiences, as well as the perspectives of the faculty who
designed those student experiences through an intercultural
partnership. We report on how each program was created,
developed, and iterated upon, describing program goals and
student experiences across both pro-grams from student and
instructor perspectives. We demonstrate the complexity of UX
educational experiences on an international scale, concluding
with opportunities for intercultural engagement and the
potential for links among education, profession, culture, and
pedagogy.
Gray, Colin M; Chivukula, Shruthi Sai; Melkey, Kassandra; Manocha, Rhea
Understanding “Dark” Design Roles in Computing Education Proceedings Article
In: ICER'21: Proceedings of the 14th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Dark Patterns, Design Education, Ethics and Values
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title = {Understanding “Dark” Design Roles in Computing Education},
author = {Colin M Gray and Shruthi Sai Chivukula and Kassandra Melkey and Rhea Manocha},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3446871.3469754},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-08-19},
urldate = {2021-08-19},
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abstract = {In conjunction with the increasing ubiquity of technology,
computing educators have identified the need for pedagogical
engagement with ethical awareness and moral reasoning. Typical
approaches to incorporating ethics in computing curricula have
focused primarily on abstract methods, principles, or paradigms
of ethical reasoning, with relatively little focus on examining
and developing students' pragmatic awareness of ethics as
grounded in their everyday work practices. In this paper, we
identify and describe computing students' negotiation of values
as they engage in authentic design problems through a lab
protocol study. We collected data from four groups of three
students each, with each group including participants from
either undergraduate User Experience Design students, Industrial
Engineering students, or a mix of both. We used a thematic
analysis approach to identify the roles that students took on to
address the design prompt. Through our analysis, we found that
the students took on a variety of ``dark'' roles that resulted
in manipulation of the user and prioritization of stakeholder
needs over user needs, with a focus either on building solutions
or building rationale for design decisions. We found these roles
to actively propagate through design discourses, impacting other
designers in ways that frequently reinforced unethical decision
making. Even when students were aware of ethical concerns based
on their educational training, this awareness did not
consistently result in ethically-sound decisions. These findings
indicate the need for additional ethical supports to inform
everyday computing practice, including means of actively
identifying and balancing negative societal impacts of design
decisions. The roles we have identified may productively support
the development of pragmatically-focused ethical training in
computing education, while adding more precision to future
analysis of computing student discourses and outputs.},
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In conjunction with the increasing ubiquity of technology,
computing educators have identified the need for pedagogical
engagement with ethical awareness and moral reasoning. Typical
approaches to incorporating ethics in computing curricula have
focused primarily on abstract methods, principles, or paradigms
of ethical reasoning, with relatively little focus on examining
and developing students' pragmatic awareness of ethics as
grounded in their everyday work practices. In this paper, we
identify and describe computing students' negotiation of values
as they engage in authentic design problems through a lab
protocol study. We collected data from four groups of three
students each, with each group including participants from
either undergraduate User Experience Design students, Industrial
Engineering students, or a mix of both. We used a thematic
analysis approach to identify the roles that students took on to
address the design prompt. Through our analysis, we found that
the students took on a variety of ``dark'' roles that resulted
in manipulation of the user and prioritization of stakeholder
needs over user needs, with a focus either on building solutions
or building rationale for design decisions. We found these roles
to actively propagate through design discourses, impacting other
designers in ways that frequently reinforced unethical decision
making. Even when students were aware of ethical concerns based
on their educational training, this awareness did not
consistently result in ethically-sound decisions. These findings
indicate the need for additional ethical supports to inform
everyday computing practice, including means of actively
identifying and balancing negative societal impacts of design
decisions. The roles we have identified may productively support
the development of pragmatically-focused ethical training in
computing education, while adding more precision to future
analysis of computing student discourses and outputs.
computing educators have identified the need for pedagogical
engagement with ethical awareness and moral reasoning. Typical
approaches to incorporating ethics in computing curricula have
focused primarily on abstract methods, principles, or paradigms
of ethical reasoning, with relatively little focus on examining
and developing students' pragmatic awareness of ethics as
grounded in their everyday work practices. In this paper, we
identify and describe computing students' negotiation of values
as they engage in authentic design problems through a lab
protocol study. We collected data from four groups of three
students each, with each group including participants from
either undergraduate User Experience Design students, Industrial
Engineering students, or a mix of both. We used a thematic
analysis approach to identify the roles that students took on to
address the design prompt. Through our analysis, we found that
the students took on a variety of ``dark'' roles that resulted
in manipulation of the user and prioritization of stakeholder
needs over user needs, with a focus either on building solutions
or building rationale for design decisions. We found these roles
to actively propagate through design discourses, impacting other
designers in ways that frequently reinforced unethical decision
making. Even when students were aware of ethical concerns based
on their educational training, this awareness did not
consistently result in ethically-sound decisions. These findings
indicate the need for additional ethical supports to inform
everyday computing practice, including means of actively
identifying and balancing negative societal impacts of design
decisions. The roles we have identified may productively support
the development of pragmatically-focused ethical training in
computing education, while adding more precision to future
analysis of computing student discourses and outputs.
Goffe, Louis; Chivukula, Shruthi Sai; Bowyer, Alex; Bowen, Simon; Toombs, Austin L; Gray, Colin M
Appetite for disruption: Designing human-centred augmentations to an online food ordering platform Proceedings Article
In: BCS Learning & Development, 2021.
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Gray, Colin M; Santos, Cristiana; Bielova, Nataliia; Toth, Michael; Clifford, Damian
Dark Patterns and the Legal Requirements of Consent Banners: An Interaction Criticism Perspective Honorable Mention Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Dark Patterns, Ethics and Values, Legal and Policy Perspectives
@inproceedings{Gray2021,
title = {Dark Patterns and the Legal Requirements of Consent Banners: An Interaction Criticism Perspective},
author = {Colin M Gray and Cristiana Santos and Nataliia Bielova and Michael Toth and Damian Clifford},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2009.10194},
doi = {10.1145/3411764.3445779},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-05-01},
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booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
abstract = {User engagement with data privacy and security through consent banners has become a ubiquitous part of interacting with internet services. While previous work has addressed consent banners from either interaction design, legal, and ethics-focused perspectives, little research addresses the connections among multiple disciplinary approaches, including tensions and opportunities that transcend disciplinary boundaries. In this paper, we draw together perspectives and commentary from HCI, design, privacy and data protection, and legal research communities, using the language and strategies of "dark patterns" to perform an interaction criticism reading of three different types of consent banners. Our analysis builds upon designer, interface, user, and social context lenses to raise tensions and synergies that arise together in complex, contingent, and conflicting ways in the act of designing consent banners. We conclude with opportunities for transdisciplinary dialogue across legal, ethical, computer science, and interactive systems scholarship to translate matters of ethical concern into public policy.},
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User engagement with data privacy and security through consent banners has become a ubiquitous part of interacting with internet services. While previous work has addressed consent banners from either interaction design, legal, and ethics-focused perspectives, little research addresses the connections among multiple disciplinary approaches, including tensions and opportunities that transcend disciplinary boundaries. In this paper, we draw together perspectives and commentary from HCI, design, privacy and data protection, and legal research communities, using the language and strategies of "dark patterns" to perform an interaction criticism reading of three different types of consent banners. Our analysis builds upon designer, interface, user, and social context lenses to raise tensions and synergies that arise together in complex, contingent, and conflicting ways in the act of designing consent banners. We conclude with opportunities for transdisciplinary dialogue across legal, ethical, computer science, and interactive systems scholarship to translate matters of ethical concern into public policy.
Chivukula, Shruthi Sai; Hasib, Aiza; Li, Ziqing; Chen, Jingle; Gray, Colin M
Identity Claims that Underlie Ethical Awareness and Action Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Critical Theory, Ethics and Values, Practice-Led Research
@inproceedings{Chivukula2021-oj,
title = {Identity Claims that Underlie Ethical Awareness and Action},
author = {Shruthi Sai Chivukula and Aiza Hasib and Ziqing Li and Jingle Chen and Colin M Gray},
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year = {2021},
date = {2021-05-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in
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series = {CHI'21},
abstract = {HCI and STS researchers have previously described the ethical
complexity of practice, drawing together aspects of
organizational complexity, design knowledge, and ethical
frameworks. Building on this work, we investigate the identity
claims and beliefs that impact practitioners' ability to
recognize and act upon ethical concerns in a range of
technology-focused disciplines. In this paper, we report results
from an interview study with 12 practitioners, identifying and
describing their identity claims related to ethical awareness
and action. We conducted a critically-focused thematic analysis
to identify eight distinct claims representing roles relating to
learning, educating, following policies, feeling a sense of
responsibility, being a member of a profession, a translator, an
activist, and deliberative. Based on our findings, we
demonstrate how the claims foreground building competence in
relation to ethical practice. We highlight the dynamic interplay
among these claims and point towards implications for identity
work in socio-technical contexts.},
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HCI and STS researchers have previously described the ethical
complexity of practice, drawing together aspects of
organizational complexity, design knowledge, and ethical
frameworks. Building on this work, we investigate the identity
claims and beliefs that impact practitioners' ability to
recognize and act upon ethical concerns in a range of
technology-focused disciplines. In this paper, we report results
from an interview study with 12 practitioners, identifying and
describing their identity claims related to ethical awareness
and action. We conducted a critically-focused thematic analysis
to identify eight distinct claims representing roles relating to
learning, educating, following policies, feeling a sense of
responsibility, being a member of a profession, a translator, an
activist, and deliberative. Based on our findings, we
demonstrate how the claims foreground building competence in
relation to ethical practice. We highlight the dynamic interplay
among these claims and point towards implications for identity
work in socio-technical contexts.
complexity of practice, drawing together aspects of
organizational complexity, design knowledge, and ethical
frameworks. Building on this work, we investigate the identity
claims and beliefs that impact practitioners' ability to
recognize and act upon ethical concerns in a range of
technology-focused disciplines. In this paper, we report results
from an interview study with 12 practitioners, identifying and
describing their identity claims related to ethical awareness
and action. We conducted a critically-focused thematic analysis
to identify eight distinct claims representing roles relating to
learning, educating, following policies, feeling a sense of
responsibility, being a member of a profession, a translator, an
activist, and deliberative. Based on our findings, we
demonstrate how the claims foreground building competence in
relation to ethical practice. We highlight the dynamic interplay
among these claims and point towards implications for identity
work in socio-technical contexts.
Gray, Colin M; Chivukula, Shruthi Sai
"That's dastardly ingenious": Ethical Argumentation Strategies on Reddit Journal Article
In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 5, no. CSCW1, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Ethics and Values, Reddit, Social Media
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ethical concern and the discourses of non-expert users. In this
paper, we describe the argumentation strategies used by Redditors
on the subreddit `r/assholedesign' as they discuss ethically
problematic design artifacts. We used content and sequence
analysis methods to identify the building blocks of ethical
argumentation in this online community, including ethical
positioning when raising issues of concern, identification of
potential remedies to the original design artifact or issues of
concern, and means of extending or negating these elements.
Through this analysis, we reveal the breadth of ethical
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Scholars have previously described how online communities engage
in particular discourses and forms of argumentation. In parallel,
HCI and STS researchers have described discourses surrounding
ethics and values and their role in shaping design processes and
outcomes. However, little work has addressed the intersection of
ethical concern and the discourses of non-expert users. In this
paper, we describe the argumentation strategies used by Redditors
on the subreddit `r/assholedesign' as they discuss ethically
problematic design artifacts. We used content and sequence
analysis methods to identify the building blocks of ethical
argumentation in this online community, including ethical
positioning when raising issues of concern, identification of
potential remedies to the original design artifact or issues of
concern, and means of extending or negating these elements.
Through this analysis, we reveal the breadth of ethical
argumentation strategies used ``in-the-wild'' by non-experts,
resulting in an increased awareness of the capacity of community
members to engage in ``everyday ethics'' regardless of specific
ethics training. We describe future opportunities to connect
these ethical argumentation strategies with design practices,
education, and methods.
in particular discourses and forms of argumentation. In parallel,
HCI and STS researchers have described discourses surrounding
ethics and values and their role in shaping design processes and
outcomes. However, little work has addressed the intersection of
ethical concern and the discourses of non-expert users. In this
paper, we describe the argumentation strategies used by Redditors
on the subreddit `r/assholedesign' as they discuss ethically
problematic design artifacts. We used content and sequence
analysis methods to identify the building blocks of ethical
argumentation in this online community, including ethical
positioning when raising issues of concern, identification of
potential remedies to the original design artifact or issues of
concern, and means of extending or negating these elements.
Through this analysis, we reveal the breadth of ethical
argumentation strategies used ``in-the-wild'' by non-experts,
resulting in an increased awareness of the capacity of community
members to engage in ``everyday ethics'' regardless of specific
ethics training. We describe future opportunities to connect
these ethical argumentation strategies with design practices,
education, and methods.
Chivukula, Shruthi Sai; Li, Ziqing; Pivonka, Anne C; Chen, Jingning; Gray, Colin M
Surveying the Landscape of Ethics-Focused Design Methods Unpublished Forthcoming
Forthcoming.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Methods, Ethics and Values, UX Knowledge
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Gray, Colin M
"Supervising Women Workers": The Rise of Instructional Training Films (1944) Book Chapter
In: Boling, Elizabeth; Gray, Colin M; Howard, Craig; Baaki, John (Ed.): Historical Instructional Design Cases: ID Knowledge in Context and Practice, Routledge, 2021.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Design Case, Instructional Design
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Workers,'' an eleven-minute instructional film created during
World War II to train front-line managers to address the shift
in the composition of the workforce. The chapter focuses on a
description of the instructional and film content and its
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In the early 1940s, large portions of the world were at war.
Women rapidly joined the workforce in large and unprecedented
numbers, which required different approaches to management that
took into account the role of gender, experience, and social
expectations. In this chapter, I analyze ``Supervising Women
Workers,'' an eleven-minute instructional film created during
World War II to train front-line managers to address the shift
in the composition of the workforce. The chapter focuses on a
description of the instructional and film content and its
relevance to social norms, human performance challenges, and
assumptions of gendered capabilities and norms. The role of the
film style, production design, and design concerns related to
the film are considered.
Women rapidly joined the workforce in large and unprecedented
numbers, which required different approaches to management that
took into account the role of gender, experience, and social
expectations. In this chapter, I analyze ``Supervising Women
Workers,'' an eleven-minute instructional film created during
World War II to train front-line managers to address the shift
in the composition of the workforce. The chapter focuses on a
description of the instructional and film content and its
relevance to social norms, human performance challenges, and
assumptions of gendered capabilities and norms. The role of the
film style, production design, and design concerns related to
the film are considered.
Gray, Colin M; Howard, Craig D
Setting the Cases in Historical Context Book Chapter
In: Boling, Elizabeth; Gray, Colin M; Howard, Craig; Baaki, John (Ed.): Historical Instructional Design Cases: ID Knowledge in Context and Practice, Routledge, 2021.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Instructional Design
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In this chapter, we provide historical context to contextualize
the 130-year time period in which the cases in this volume were
written. Leveraging world and national events and advancements
in education and technology, we situate the social context of
each case and provide a timeline to cross-reference these
events.
the 130-year time period in which the cases in this volume were
written. Leveraging world and national events and advancements
in education and technology, we situate the social context of
each case and provide a timeline to cross-reference these
events.
Boling, Elizabeth; Gray, Colin M; Howard, Craig; Baaki, John (Ed.)
Historical Instructional Design Cases: ID Knowledge in Context and Practice Book
Routledge, 2021.
BibTeX | Tags: Design Case, Design Knowledge, Instructional Design
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Gray, Colin M; Wolford, Christopher; Huston, Davin
Iterating Overnight: Using Cardboard to Teach Audio During a Pandemic Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the Mudd Design Workshop XII: Designing Through Making: 2-D and 3-D Representations of Designs In Campus Facilities and Remotely, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, 2021.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Design Education, Design Methods, Design Theory, Prototyping
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author = {Colin M Gray and Christopher Wolford and Davin Huston},
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date = {2021-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Mudd Design Workshop XII: Designing Through Making: 2-D and 3-D Representations of Designs In Campus Facilities and Remotely},
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address = {Claremont, CA},
abstract = {Prototyping is a key competency in engineering and technology
disciplines, bridging abstract and often-technical design
requirements and the realization of these requirements in the
physical world. While many approaches have historically been
used to encourage the development of prototyping competence in
engineering education, rapid fabrication techniques are
increasingly available both to students and the general public
as part of the ``maker movement.`` However, the development of
prototyping competence has been considered to be understudied,
particularly with regard to the appropriate levels of fidelity
through which a prototype might be most beneficial to
problematize the design situation, allow exploration of the
problem space, and facilitate iteration. In this paper, we
describe the tensions among technologically and pragmatically
different approaches to prototyping. We focus our inquiry on a
traditionally in-person multidisciplinary engineering/technology
lab course which was confronted with two difficulties: a
building construction project that caused the lab to be
relocated off of the main campus with limited fabrication
equipment availability and a mid-semester shift to online-only
instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the context of
these two instructional tensions, we describe the outcomes of a
student project to design and fabricate a functioning
loudspeaker in cardboard, providing a detailed account of the
design outcomes and process moves that resulted from this shift
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Prototyping is a key competency in engineering and technology
disciplines, bridging abstract and often-technical design
requirements and the realization of these requirements in the
physical world. While many approaches have historically been
used to encourage the development of prototyping competence in
engineering education, rapid fabrication techniques are
increasingly available both to students and the general public
as part of the ``maker movement.`` However, the development of
prototyping competence has been considered to be understudied,
particularly with regard to the appropriate levels of fidelity
through which a prototype might be most beneficial to
problematize the design situation, allow exploration of the
problem space, and facilitate iteration. In this paper, we
describe the tensions among technologically and pragmatically
different approaches to prototyping. We focus our inquiry on a
traditionally in-person multidisciplinary engineering/technology
lab course which was confronted with two difficulties: a
building construction project that caused the lab to be
relocated off of the main campus with limited fabrication
equipment availability and a mid-semester shift to online-only
instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the context of
these two instructional tensions, we describe the outcomes of a
student project to design and fabricate a functioning
loudspeaker in cardboard, providing a detailed account of the
design outcomes and process moves that resulted from this shift
in fabrication approach.
disciplines, bridging abstract and often-technical design
requirements and the realization of these requirements in the
physical world. While many approaches have historically been
used to encourage the development of prototyping competence in
engineering education, rapid fabrication techniques are
increasingly available both to students and the general public
as part of the ``maker movement.`` However, the development of
prototyping competence has been considered to be understudied,
particularly with regard to the appropriate levels of fidelity
through which a prototype might be most beneficial to
problematize the design situation, allow exploration of the
problem space, and facilitate iteration. In this paper, we
describe the tensions among technologically and pragmatically
different approaches to prototyping. We focus our inquiry on a
traditionally in-person multidisciplinary engineering/technology
lab course which was confronted with two difficulties: a
building construction project that caused the lab to be
relocated off of the main campus with limited fabrication
equipment availability and a mid-semester shift to online-only
instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the context of
these two instructional tensions, we describe the outcomes of a
student project to design and fabricate a functioning
loudspeaker in cardboard, providing a detailed account of the
design outcomes and process moves that resulted from this shift
in fabrication approach.
2020
Gray, Colin M
Paradigms of Knowledge Production in Human-Computer Interaction: Towards a Framing for Learner Experience (LX) Design Book Section
In: Learner and User Experience Research: An Introduction for the Field of Learning Design & Technology, EdTech Books, 2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Knowledge, Instructional Design, Learning Experience (LX) Design, UX Knowledge
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formed over time as the discipline has become more inclusive of
disciplines and forms of knowledge. This description will map
across cognitivist, social constructivist, and humanist/design
threads of the community, all of which are still active
participants in the creation of HCI knowledge. These threads are
contextualized for a learning, design, and technology (LDT)
audience, including historical and theoretical connections to
scientific and humanist modes of instructional design
scholarship. I conclude with a preliminary grounding for learner
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In this chapter, I contextualize the knowledge production of the
human-computer interaction (HCI) community within broader
epistemological, historical, and disciplinary framings of this
scholarship. I describe the historical landscape of HCI as a
discipline, including the significant subcommunities that have
formed over time as the discipline has become more inclusive of
disciplines and forms of knowledge. This description will map
across cognitivist, social constructivist, and humanist/design
threads of the community, all of which are still active
participants in the creation of HCI knowledge. These threads are
contextualized for a learning, design, and technology (LDT)
audience, including historical and theoretical connections to
scientific and humanist modes of instructional design
scholarship. I conclude with a preliminary grounding for learner
experience (LX) design and a conceptual roadmap that draws from
strengths in the LDT and HCI communities.
human-computer interaction (HCI) community within broader
epistemological, historical, and disciplinary framings of this
scholarship. I describe the historical landscape of HCI as a
discipline, including the significant subcommunities that have
formed over time as the discipline has become more inclusive of
disciplines and forms of knowledge. This description will map
across cognitivist, social constructivist, and humanist/design
threads of the community, all of which are still active
participants in the creation of HCI knowledge. These threads are
contextualized for a learning, design, and technology (LDT)
audience, including historical and theoretical connections to
scientific and humanist modes of instructional design
scholarship. I conclude with a preliminary grounding for learner
experience (LX) design and a conceptual roadmap that draws from
strengths in the LDT and HCI communities.
Gray, Colin M
Markers of Quality in Design Precedent Journal Article
In: International Journal of Designs for Learning, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1–12, 2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Case, Design Knowledge, Instructional Design
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title = {Markers of Quality in Design Precedent},
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number = {3},
pages = {1--12},
abstract = {The generation and description of design precedent is at the core
of design case scholarship. However, traditional standards of
quality and rigor that are relevant for other types of design and
scientific scholarship do not always apply equally to the
generation of design cases. In this paper, I describe the nature
of design precedent and the standards for evaluating precedent
artifacts in a way that foregrounds access of the reader to
aspects of design complexity in the design work being described.
Standards of quality point towards the appropriateness and
potential contribution of the precedent material to design
knowledge, across the following dimensions: interest to other
designers; rich representation of the design; articulation of
transparency and failure; accessibility of style; and
acknowledgement of complexity and scope.},
keywords = {Design Case, Design Knowledge, Instructional Design},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The generation and description of design precedent is at the core
of design case scholarship. However, traditional standards of
quality and rigor that are relevant for other types of design and
scientific scholarship do not always apply equally to the
generation of design cases. In this paper, I describe the nature
of design precedent and the standards for evaluating precedent
artifacts in a way that foregrounds access of the reader to
aspects of design complexity in the design work being described.
Standards of quality point towards the appropriateness and
potential contribution of the precedent material to design
knowledge, across the following dimensions: interest to other
designers; rich representation of the design; articulation of
transparency and failure; accessibility of style; and
acknowledgement of complexity and scope.
of design case scholarship. However, traditional standards of
quality and rigor that are relevant for other types of design and
scientific scholarship do not always apply equally to the
generation of design cases. In this paper, I describe the nature
of design precedent and the standards for evaluating precedent
artifacts in a way that foregrounds access of the reader to
aspects of design complexity in the design work being described.
Standards of quality point towards the appropriateness and
potential contribution of the precedent material to design
knowledge, across the following dimensions: interest to other
designers; rich representation of the design; articulation of
transparency and failure; accessibility of style; and
acknowledgement of complexity and scope.
Parsons, Paul; Gray, Colin M; Baigelenov, Ali; Carr, Ian
Design Judgment in Data Visualization Practice Proceedings Article
In: 2020 IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS), pp. 176-180, 2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Theory
@inproceedings{Parsons2020-hz,
title = {Design Judgment in Data Visualization Practice},
author = {Paul Parsons and Colin M Gray and Ali Baigelenov and Ian Carr},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2009.02628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VIS47514.2020.00042},
doi = {10.1109/VIS47514.2020.00042},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-10-01},
booktitle = {2020 IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS)},
pages = {176-180},
abstract = {Data visualization is becoming an increasingly popular field of design practice. Although many studies have highlighted the knowledge required for effective data visualization design, their focus has largely been on formal knowledge and logical decision-making processes that can be abstracted and codified. Less attention has been paid to the more situated and personal ways of knowing that are prevalent in all design activity. In this study, we conducted semistructured interviews with data visualization practitioners during which they were asked to describe the practical and situated aspects of their design processes. Using a philosophical framework of design judgment from Nelson and Stolterman [23], we analyzed the transcripts to describe the volume and complex layering of design judgments that are used by data visualization practitioners as they describe and interrogate their work. We identify aspects of data visualization practice that require further investigation beyond notions of rational, model- or principle-directed decision-making processes.},
keywords = {Design Theory},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Data visualization is becoming an increasingly popular field of design practice. Although many studies have highlighted the knowledge required for effective data visualization design, their focus has largely been on formal knowledge and logical decision-making processes that can be abstracted and codified. Less attention has been paid to the more situated and personal ways of knowing that are prevalent in all design activity. In this study, we conducted semistructured interviews with data visualization practitioners during which they were asked to describe the practical and situated aspects of their design processes. Using a philosophical framework of design judgment from Nelson and Stolterman [23], we analyzed the transcripts to describe the volume and complex layering of design judgments that are used by data visualization practitioners as they describe and interrogate their work. We identify aspects of data visualization practice that require further investigation beyond notions of rational, model- or principle-directed decision-making processes.
Chivukula, Shruthi Sai; Gray, Colin M
Co-Evolving Towards Evil Design Outcomes: Mapping Problem and Solution Process Moves Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the Design Research Society, Design Research Society, Brisbane, Australia, 2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Dark Patterns, Design Theory, Ethics and Values
@inproceedings{Chivukula2020-ai,
title = {Co-Evolving Towards Evil Design Outcomes: Mapping Problem and Solution Process Moves},
author = {Shruthi Sai Chivukula and Colin M Gray},
url = {https://colingray.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020_ChivukulaGray_DRS_CoEvolutionTowardsEvilDesign.pdf
http://dx.doi.org/10.21606/drs.2020.107},
doi = {10.21606/drs.2020.107},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-08-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Design Research Society},
publisher = {Design Research Society},
address = {Brisbane, Australia},
abstract = {Creative outcomes require designers to continuously frame the
problem space and generate solutions, resulting in the
co-evolution of problem and solution. Little work has addressed
the value dimensions of design activity with regard to this co-
evolutionary process and the role of the designer in acting upon
specific and value- laden framings and/or solutions. In this
paper, we identify how triads of student designers from user
experience (UX) and industrial engineering (IE) disciplines
frame the problem space and generate solutions, foregrounding
the ethical character of their judgments in response to an
ethically-nuanced design task. Using sequence analysis to
analyze the lab protocol data, we describe the frequency and
interconnectedness of process moves that lead the design team
towards unethical outcomes. Based on our findings, we call for
additional attention to ethical dimensions of problem-solution
co- evolution, and identify key interaction patterns among
designers that lead towards unethical outcomes.},
keywords = {Dark Patterns, Design Theory, Ethics and Values},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Creative outcomes require designers to continuously frame the
problem space and generate solutions, resulting in the
co-evolution of problem and solution. Little work has addressed
the value dimensions of design activity with regard to this co-
evolutionary process and the role of the designer in acting upon
specific and value- laden framings and/or solutions. In this
paper, we identify how triads of student designers from user
experience (UX) and industrial engineering (IE) disciplines
frame the problem space and generate solutions, foregrounding
the ethical character of their judgments in response to an
ethically-nuanced design task. Using sequence analysis to
analyze the lab protocol data, we describe the frequency and
interconnectedness of process moves that lead the design team
towards unethical outcomes. Based on our findings, we call for
additional attention to ethical dimensions of problem-solution
co- evolution, and identify key interaction patterns among
designers that lead towards unethical outcomes.
problem space and generate solutions, resulting in the
co-evolution of problem and solution. Little work has addressed
the value dimensions of design activity with regard to this co-
evolutionary process and the role of the designer in acting upon
specific and value- laden framings and/or solutions. In this
paper, we identify how triads of student designers from user
experience (UX) and industrial engineering (IE) disciplines
frame the problem space and generate solutions, foregrounding
the ethical character of their judgments in response to an
ethically-nuanced design task. Using sequence analysis to
analyze the lab protocol data, we describe the frequency and
interconnectedness of process moves that lead the design team
towards unethical outcomes. Based on our findings, we call for
additional attention to ethical dimensions of problem-solution
co- evolution, and identify key interaction patterns among
designers that lead towards unethical outcomes.
Watkins, Chris Rhys; Gray, Colin M; Toombs, Austin L; Parsons, Paul
Tensions in Enacting a Design Philosophy in UX Practice Proceedings Article
In: DIS'20: Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2020, ACM Press, New York, NY, 2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Education, Ethics and Values, Practice-Led Research, ux practice, UX Knowledge
@inproceedings{Watkins2020-zr,
title = {Tensions in Enacting a Design Philosophy in UX Practice},
author = {Chris Rhys Watkins and Colin M Gray and Austin L Toombs and Paul Parsons},
url = {https://colingray.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020_Watkinsetal_DIS_TensionsDesignPhilosophy.pdf
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395505},
doi = {10.1145/3357236.3395505},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-07-01},
booktitle = {DIS'20: Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems
Conference 2020},
publisher = {ACM Press},
address = {New York, NY},
series = {DIS'20},
abstract = {Design culture is increasingly present within organizations,
especially with the rise of UX as a profession. Yet there are
often disconnects between the development of a design philosophy
and its translation in practice. Students preparing for UX
careers are positioned in a liminal space between their
educational experience and future practice, and are actively
working to build a bridge between their developing philosophy of
design and the translation of that philosophy when faced with
the complexity of design practice. In this study, we interviewed
ten students and practitioners educated within design-oriented
HCI programs, focusing on their design philosophy and evaluating
how their philosophical beliefs were shaped in practice.
Building on prior work on flows of competence, we thematically
analyzed these interviews, identifying the philosophical beliefs
of these designers and their trajectories of development,
adoption, or suppression in industry. We identify opportunities
for enhancements to UX educational practices and future research
on design complexity in industry contexts.},
keywords = {Design Education, Ethics and Values, Practice-Led Research, ux practice, UX Knowledge},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Design culture is increasingly present within organizations,
especially with the rise of UX as a profession. Yet there are
often disconnects between the development of a design philosophy
and its translation in practice. Students preparing for UX
careers are positioned in a liminal space between their
educational experience and future practice, and are actively
working to build a bridge between their developing philosophy of
design and the translation of that philosophy when faced with
the complexity of design practice. In this study, we interviewed
ten students and practitioners educated within design-oriented
HCI programs, focusing on their design philosophy and evaluating
how their philosophical beliefs were shaped in practice.
Building on prior work on flows of competence, we thematically
analyzed these interviews, identifying the philosophical beliefs
of these designers and their trajectories of development,
adoption, or suppression in industry. We identify opportunities
for enhancements to UX educational practices and future research
on design complexity in industry contexts.
especially with the rise of UX as a profession. Yet there are
often disconnects between the development of a design philosophy
and its translation in practice. Students preparing for UX
careers are positioned in a liminal space between their
educational experience and future practice, and are actively
working to build a bridge between their developing philosophy of
design and the translation of that philosophy when faced with
the complexity of design practice. In this study, we interviewed
ten students and practitioners educated within design-oriented
HCI programs, focusing on their design philosophy and evaluating
how their philosophical beliefs were shaped in practice.
Building on prior work on flows of competence, we thematically
analyzed these interviews, identifying the philosophical beliefs
of these designers and their trajectories of development,
adoption, or suppression in industry. We identify opportunities
for enhancements to UX educational practices and future research
on design complexity in industry contexts.