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An instrumental paradigm for ubiquitous interaction

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Motivation -- Developments of novel interaction techniques and computer uses have exploded during the last decade. These new ways of interacting with a computer - here covered by the umbrella term ubiquitous interaction - give rise to a range of interesting theoretical HCI challenges, and reveal shortcomings of some of the restrictive assumptions contemporary graphical user interfaces are built upon.
Research approach -- Based on activity theory and ecological psychology a conceptual model for ubiquitous interaction is proposed and iteratively challenged and developed through actual implementation.
Findings/Design -- The project will ultimately shed light on how an understanding of interaction form activity theory and ecological psychology maps to an implementation of a new conceptual model for interaction with technology.
Research limitations/Implications -- Implementation of an actual system will require comprehensive experimental user centred development.
Originality/Value -- This research offers a new way of thinking interaction, suited for the dynamism of modern computing.
Take away message -- Through a strong foundation in activity theory and ecological psychology a new paradigm for ubiquitous interaction is proposed.

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    ECCE '07: Proceedings of the 14th European conference on Cognitive ergonomics: invent! explore!
    August 2007
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    ISBN:9781847998491
    DOI:10.1145/1362550
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    • ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
    • SIGCHI: Specialist Interest Group in Computer-Human Interaction of the ACM
    • Interactions, the Human-Computer Interaction Specialist Group of the BCS
    • Middlesex University, London, School of Computing Science
    • European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, United States Air Force Research Laboratory
    • EACE: European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics
    • Brunel University, West London, Department of Information Systems and Computing

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    1. HCI
    2. activity theory
    3. affordances
    4. instrumental interaction
    5. ubiquitous computing

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