Improving design strategies for customization and appropriation

这项研究的目的是通过在人机交互和交互设计中开发新的设计流程和技术模型来显著改善最终用户的定制。模块化设计策略是当今几乎所有定制方法的基础，需要超越和修订这些策略或开发新的策略。我们建议利用现有的实践，如模块化和最终用户开发(EUD)，以及新兴的最终用户实践，如工具包、DIY(DIY)和专款，以克服当前的限制。这项研究的前景是，通过开发新的设计流程和技术模型，可以显著改进最终用户的定制。实现这一贡献的预期途径是将模块化设计作为一种设计战略进行实质性修订或取代。最终用户定制和拨款方面的改进将导致互动设计成果和系统的优化和适当使用，这些产品和系统将有能力随着时间的推移适应不断变化的需求和环境，以满足最终用户的指示。这项工作将确定模块化在多大程度上确实是挪用的限制因素，并具体说明哪些方面存在问题。这项工作还将更系统地确定新出现的最终用户DIY做法、工具包和对设计师和开发人员的专款的好处和价值。这些贡献将包括交互设计的设计方法和技术框架指导，以及为分配而设计的人机界面专业人员，以及允许扩展定制的数字技术原型，这些定制有可能被最终用户挪用。

The objective of this research is to significantly improve end-user customization by the development of new design processes and technical models within human-computer interaction (HCI) and interaction design. Modular design strategies underpin almost all customization approaches today and there is a need to push beyond and revise these strategies or develop new ones. We propose to leverage existing practices like modularity and end-user development (EUD), as well as emerging end-user practices like toolkits, do-it-yourself (DIY), and appropriation to overcome current limits. The promise of this research is that end-user customization can be significantly improved upon by the development of new design processes and technical models. The anticipated path to this contribution is a substantial revision or replacement of modular design as a design strategy. Improvements in end-user customization and appropriation will lead to optimized and situated use of interaction design artifacts and systems that will have the capacity to adapt over time addressing changing needs and contexts as directed by end-users. The work will establish the degree to which modularity is indeed a limiter to appropriation and specify what aspects in particular are problematic. The work will also establish more systematically the benefits and value of emergent end-user practices of DIY, toolkits and appropriation for designers and developers. The contributions will include design methods and technical framework guidance for interaction design and HCI professionals in designing for appropriation, plus digital technology prototypes that allow for extended customizations that have the potential to be appropriated by end-users.