Activity-Centered Design - Table of Contents

March 2004
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978-0-262-07248-9

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Activity-Centered Design
An Ecological Approach to Designing Smart Tools and Usable Systems
Geri Gay and Helene Hembrooke

	Series Foreword	ix

	Preface: Mediating Interactions	xi

	Acknowledgments	xv

	Introduction: Making the Case for Context-Based Design	xvii

1	Activity Theory and Context-Based Design Sample Chapter - Download PDF (104 KB)	1

2	Understanding Perspectives: Social Construction of Technology	15

3	Creating a Sense of Place: Designing for Online Learning Conversations	31

4	Blurring Boundaries: A Study of Ubiquitous Computing	53

5	Designing for Context-Aware Computing	73

6	Configural Analysis of Spaces and Places	89

	References	101

	Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (22 KB)	109

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