HCC-SGER Project Description: HCI4D, Understanding Human Centered Design in the Developing World

这项拟议研究的目标是解决目前的问题，即在发展中世界部署信息和通信技术有时会因为这些系统的可用性和实用性问题而失败。这项研究假设，人机交互(HCI)在很大程度上可以提供信通技术促进发展(ICT4D)，但方法和技术也需要定制，以应对发展中世界的独特挑战。这项拟议研究的结果将解释人机交互促进发展(HCI4D)的方法和技术，强调与人机交互的异同。它将通过与非洲的一家伙伴机构建立关系来实现这一点，这是通过对非洲的高等教育计算教育进行调查确定的。将与该机构一起确定HCI4D项目干预措施。首先，这项拟议的研究旨在开始建立对开展HCI4D所需方法的认识和研究议程。成功的人类免疫缺陷病毒4D干预措施有可能扩大全球信息社会，将信息和通信技术服务最少的人包括在内。通过让更多的人与计算机互动成为可能，这项拟议的研究试图改变技术中介的人与人之间的互动，将越来越多样化的人群带入全球社会？？支持更多的在线互动和文化。通过检查方法，并确定HCI4D和HCI之间的差异，这项拟议的研究还支持反思发达国家产生和使用的技术中所持有的价值和假设。这项研究将人机界面的学科扩展到一个新的领域，即发展中国家。研究结果对理解现有方法所包含的价值和假设有很大帮助。这一努力将提供在发展中国家进行的人机界面研究的新的和不同寻常的例子，而不是典型的人机界面例子的来源，这将扩大学生教育。

The goal of this proposed research is to address the current problem that the deployment of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in the developing world sometimes fails due to problems with the usability and utility of those systems. This research hypothesizes that Human Computer Interaction (HCI) has much to offer ICT for development (ICT4D), but the methods and techniques also require customization to address the unique challenges of the developing world. The result of this proposed research will be an explanation of the methods and techniques of Human-Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D), highlighting similarities and differences to HCI. It will do so through establishing a relationship with a partner institution in Africa, identified through a survey of tertiary Computing education in Africa. Joint with this institution, an HCI4D project intervention will be identified.First and foremost this proposed research seeks to begin the process of creating an awareness of and a research agenda around the methods necessary to conduct HCI4D. Successful HCI4D interventions have the possibility of broadening the global Information Society to include those least served by ICTs. By making it possible for more people to interact with computers, this proposed research seeks to change technologically mediated human-human interaction, bringing an increasingly diverse population into the global society?supporting an increased range of interactions and cultures online. By examining the methods, and identifying differences between HCI4D and HCI, this proposed research also supports introspection of the values and assumptions held in techniques generated by and in use in the developed world.This research expands the discipline of HCI into a new domain, the developing world. Results have much to contribute to the understanding of the values and assumptions built into existing methods. The effort will provide new and unusual examples of HCI research, those conducted in the developing world, not typically the source of examples for HCI, which will broaden student education.