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UCD, ICT, AR, VR, Gaming, Technologies a. k. a. abbreviations and buzzwords! Nick Degens

Research Group User-Centered Design (UCD)

Research Group User-Centered Design (UCD) The research group UCD primarily focuses on the relationship between (individual) users, (new) technologies and (societal) goals to achieve a longterm (positive) change in behaviour.

Our continuing mission! (besides exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations…) To support organisations and SME’s with the design of effective interactive digital tools… … focusing on topics related to healthy ageing, energy, and enterpreneurship… … to ensure that the relationship between the content of the tool, the end users and the intended (societal) goal is optimized and formalized… (and, in the process, gain new generic insights that can be applied to new projects).

Research Topics – Adaptive Systems

Research Topics – New Technologies

Ludo. Vita Reducing work-related mental and physical stress of health care professionals through interactive scenario’s

Care 2 Wear Using Augmented Reality to lighten the workload of volunteer caregivers of elderly people with alzheimer’s (beginning stages)

Social Skills in Autistic Children How do we help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with the development of their social skills (in comparison with their peers)?

Cycling Lab Technology & Bicycles (or traffic for that matter)… not always the best match? So how do we design in those kind of (safety critical situations).

Verwonderpaspoort How do we make science more engaging for people in primary education?

Things that make us think! Actual problems from practice • It’s difficult and time-intensive to keep making new applications of each and every problem! • People, unfortunately, stop using the applications! • Everybody wants to use innovative technologies, but it is not always clear what they can be used for.

Things that make us think! Actual problems from practice • It’s difficult and time-intensive to keep making new applications of each and every problem! • People, unfortunately, stop using the applications! • Everybody wants to use innovative technologies, but it is not always clear what they can be used for. Important topics within the research group UCD • Increasing retention in online (educational) platforms? • Increasing meta-cognitive abilities (thinking about thinking) • Changing behaviour (in the long term), is that even possible? • How do we use new technologies for societal problems?

And lots more

Nick Degens Professor of User-Centered Design d. m. degens@pl. hanze. nl | @nickdegens