Background:Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA). However, implementation of some of the procedures involved, particularly in vivo exposure, can be time consuming and... more
Background:Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA). However, implementation of some of the procedures involved, particularly in vivo exposure, can be time consuming and taxing for routine health care services. CBT with exposure taking place in virtual reality (VR-CBT) is a more time-efficient option and has shown promising results in the treatment of PDA. However, VR-CBT requires expensive equipment and appropriate virtual environments, which historically has been costly and cumbersome to produce. Thus, access to VR-CBT has been sparse in regular care environments.Aims:The aim of this study was to investigate whether VR-CBT using filmed virtual environments produced with a low-cost 360-degree film camera can be a feasible and acceptable treatment for PDA when implemented in a primary care context.Method:This was an open feasibility trial with a within-group design, with assessments conducted at pre-test, post-test, and ...
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Digitalization is a concept to encompass the fastest growing trend for societal development of modern times. Digitalization happens everywhere, in schools, in business, in health care and in our private life. The digitalization gives also... more
Digitalization is a concept to encompass the fastest growing trend for societal development of modern times. Digitalization happens everywhere, in schools, in business, in health care and in our private life. The digitalization gives also opportunities for political decisions and policy making to support turning our society into a modern and efficient society. Research and research funding organizations are becoming more and more aware of the need to conduct research that proves some form of utility to the society and has some form of practical impact. There are several different ways of making research that has practical relevance and that can contribute to changing and improving society. This keynote paper aims at discussing ways to plan, conduct research with the aim of improving the society and also show how we should make use of our research knowledge and positions to influence politics and public policy making.
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Although Sweden is one of the most digitalized countries and the Swedish population’s use of the internet is among the most studied in the world, little is known about how Swedes with disabilities use internet. The purpose of this study... more
Although Sweden is one of the most digitalized countries and the Swedish population’s use of the internet is among the most studied in the world, little is known about how Swedes with disabilities use internet. The purpose of this study is to describe use of and perceived difficulties in use of the internet among people with disabilities and to explore digital divides in-between and within disability groups, and in comparison with the general population. This is a cross-sectional survey targeting the same issues as other nationwide surveys but adapted for people with cognitive disabilities. Participants were recruited from May to October 2017 by adaptive snowball sampling. The survey comprised questions on access to and use of devices, and use of and perceived difficulties in use of internet. A total of 771 people responded to the survey, representing 35 diagnoses/impairments. Larger proportions of people with autism, ADHD and bipolar disorder reported using internet than other disa...
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To be able to incorporate work, process and task analysis into industrial object-oriented system design in practice one needs to focus on all factors influencing the development work. Such factors includes the development of information... more
To be able to incorporate work, process and task analysis into industrial object-oriented system design in practice one needs to focus on all factors influencing the development work. Such factors includes the development of information technology, users and their competence, organization, the work activity and the physical work environment. In cooperation with the Swedish National Tax Board we have established a methodological framework for the incorporation of domain knowledge into a user centered development process. We have extended the object oriented use case modeling techniques with aspects relevant for user interface design. We have supported the user interface design process with domain knowledge by introducing a corporate style guide and enhanced the possibilities for designing systems that efficiently support the user's work through the workspace metaphor. Currently the focus of the research cooperation is on the improvement of the possibilities for efficient user participation in the development process.
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It is widely recognized that system usability requires active involvement of end-users in all phases of software development, and there is currently a broad consensus among researchers and practitioners in the field as to what constitutes... more
It is widely recognized that system usability requires active involvement of end-users in all phases of software development, and there is currently a broad consensus among researchers and practitioners in the field as to what constitutes a good user-centered design process. Despite this, many systems development projects still fail when it comes to addressing usability issues and appropriately involving users
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Schools and education are of immense political importance, particularly for the upcoming election, both in the European union and for Sweden. The Pisa surveys show disappointing results for Sweden, and the Swedish Committee for... more
Schools and education are of immense political importance, particularly for the upcoming election, both in the European union and for Sweden. The Pisa surveys show disappointing results for Sweden, and the Swedish Committee for Digitisation has analyzed IT education in the school sector and developed concrete proposals to provide the Swedish government with a basis for future educational policy making. This development also has a great impact on how higher education will need to evolve. Technology, in many ways, changes the playing field for education and life long learning, and thus the pedagogy and leadership upon which our education is based also needs to change. This talk discusses the current view of education and life long learning and brings provocative ideas to the table concerning the future of ICT in Education.
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As an HCI practitioner, it would be of great value to know which methods other HCI practitioners find most useful in different project phases. Also it would be interesting to know whether the type of ICT projects has any effects on HCI... more
As an HCI practitioner, it would be of great value to know which methods other HCI practitioners find most useful in different project phases. Also it would be interesting to know whether the type of ICT projects has any effects on HCI practitioners' perception of the ...
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Page 1. How HCI-Practitioners want to Evaluate their own Practice Asbjørn Følstad SINTEF ICT Oslo, Norway asf@sintef.no Ida Bark Teleca Sweden South Stockholm, Sweden ida.bark@tss.teleca.se Jan Gulliksen Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden... more
Page 1. How HCI-Practitioners want to Evaluate their own Practice Asbjørn Følstad SINTEF ICT Oslo, Norway asf@sintef.no Ida Bark Teleca Sweden South Stockholm, Sweden ida.bark@tss.teleca.se Jan Gulliksen Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden Jan.Gulliksen@hci. ...
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The concept of des9'4 in the context of Human-Computer Interaction is dis444fxbas4on definitions from indusB""qfdesus to the very practical problem of achievingusievingfin indus""fxM projects in practice. Descti is... more
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Requirements play an essential role in all types of system development, and their role in public and government systems cannot be overestimated. However, new technological platforms, new software engineering processes, and new demands... more
Requirements play an essential role in all types of system development, and their role in public and government systems cannot be overestimated. However, new technological platforms, new software engineering processes, and new demands from clients and legislation are changing the nature of development. These changes demand more flexible, user-centered requirements analysis processes and increase the criticality of the role that requirements play in the communication between developers and users.
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ABSTRACT This paper describes the recently published Technical Specification ISO 16071 from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), along with the process through which the document has been developed. ISO TS 16071... more
ABSTRACT This paper describes the recently published Technical Specification ISO 16071 from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), along with the process through which the document has been developed. ISO TS 16071 contains guidelines on designing accessible software. This paper also relates the activities within ISO to other ongoing standardisation activities, within, for example, W3C and ETSI. Scope, contents, guidelines and the definition of accessibility in ISO 16071 are discussed in relation to other definitions. Finally, the process of turning the technical specification (TS) into an international standard (IS) is discussed.
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Page 1. EDITORIAL Jan Gulliksen Æ Susan Harker Æ Gregg Vanderheiden ... Abascal, Arrue, Fajardo, Garay and Toma´s present a tool, called EvalIris, developed to check the accessibility of websites using sets of guidelines that can be... more
Page 1. EDITORIAL Jan Gulliksen Æ Susan Harker Æ Gregg Vanderheiden ... Abascal, Arrue, Fajardo, Garay and Toma´s present a tool, called EvalIris, developed to check the accessibility of websites using sets of guidelines that can be easily replaced or updated. ...
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Traditional process‐oriented system development methods often result in fragmentary user interfaces with information presented in various windows without considerations of requirements for simultaneous viewing. Opening, closing, moving... more
Traditional process‐oriented system development methods often result in fragmentary user interfaces with information presented in various windows without considerations of requirements for simultaneous viewing. Opening, closing, moving and resizing these windows attracts the users’ attention away from the actual work. User interface design according to the workspace metaphor could provide skilled professional users with an efficient, customised user interface to administrative information systems. This can improve work performance and facilitate efficient navigation between workspaces. A case study in co‐operation with the Swedish National Tax Board (RSV) describes practical use of the workspace metaphor.
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A common problem in in-house development projects is the tendency to be so dependent upon existing information systems, that the only possible development solution is to extend the computer environ ...
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