How can smarter interfaces Make Human Actors Smarter?
To be able to address the question of appropriate design for cognitive interfaces, it is important to differentiate between two functional areas. The area of information design investigates the question as to which information is selected out of the environment and how it needs to be treated in order to support “knowledge work“ in the best possible way. The area of interaction design investigates the possibilities for action that those involved (individuals or groups) need to be given to use the information offered by the interface efficiently. Information design and interaction design interconnect with each other in their practical development, but they focus on different issues and different theoretical constructs.
INFORMATION DESIGN
Research in the area of information design focuses on the questions as to which information from the individual’s or group’s environment can be made accessible and how this information can best be presented in order to support optimally knowledge intensive processes and to counteract distortions in information processing.
Project 01 Debiasing Social Media Use
Project 02 3D Knowledge Spaces
Project 03 Use of Medical Online Platforms
Project 04 Use of Product Evaluation Portals
Project 05 Fostering Image Reading Skills of Dentists
Project 06 Attention Awareness in Classrooms
Project 07 Contact Recommendation Systems
Project 15 Emotion and Argument (associated)
Project 16 Context Changes in Social Media Contributions (associated)
Interaction Design
Research in the area of interaction design focuses on the possibilities for action that should be made available to individuals or groups in order to process optimally the information given in the interface. In this area, management strategies based on touch and gesture play an especially important role.
Project 08 Interactive Ward Round Table
Project 09 Osteoarthritis Exercise App
Project 10 Touch and Offloading
Project 11 Digits grasp digits
Project 12 Game-based number learning
Project 13 Citizen Science in the Classroom
Project 14 Learning and Social Identification via Touch