Can technology-rich spaces support multiple uses?

Pantidi, Nadia; Robinson, Hugh and Rogers, Yvonne (2008). Can technology-rich spaces support multiple uses? In: Proceedings of the 22nd British CHI Group Annual Conference on HCI 2008: People and Computers XXII: Culture, Creativity, Interaction, 1-5 Sept 2008, Liverpool, UK.

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Abstract

A number of technology-rich spaces have been designed and created over the last few years with the purpose of supporting and enhancing learning, collaboration, community participation and a variety of everyday activities. Our research is concerned with how such spaces are used and whether they can support multiple uses. We report on an observational fieldwork study of a technology-rich multipurpose space based in a library. We examine its everyday use and discuss the tensions that were revealed in our analysis between anticipated and actual use. These are: (i) public versus private, (ii) play space versus meeting room and (iii) technology use versus non-use.

Item Type:	Conference Item
Copyright Holders:	2008 The Authors
Extra Information:	Pages: 135-138 ISBN:978-1-906124-06-9
Academic Unit/Department:	Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Computing
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
Item ID:	19523
Depositing User:	Jochen Rick
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2010 15:42
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2010 05:05
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/19523

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