CFP: CHI 2009 Workshop: Best Practices in Longitudinal Research

CFP: CHI 2009 Workshop: Best Practices in Longitudinal Research

Submission Deadline: Thurs, Oct 23, 2008, 5pm PDT

Workshop overview
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Traditional user research and evaluation methods tend to focus on
`first-time' experiences with products, which trends the results
towards discoverability problems, rather than usability concerns that
may persist over time. This workshop will extend current thinking by
an in-depth discussion of methods and metrics for longitudinal data
collection. Our goal is to identify and describe best practices for
longitudinal research.

This is the fourth event in an ongoing effort by the organizers to
enhance our current body of knowledge about longitudinal research. We
invite practitioners and academics who have experience with
longitudinal studies to submit a 3-4 page position paper (in CHI
Extended Abstracts format) plus a short bio by email to
[email protected] by October 23, 2008 in order to
participate in this one-day workshop.

Your position paper should describe a longitudinal research case
study, including:
· Research questions addressed
· Study design and methodologies used
· Participant characteristics, recruiting, retention
· Data analysis and comparison techniques used
· Lessons learned. We are interested in both successes and failures of
the study.

A sample case study template is available at:
http://longitudinalusability.wikispaces.com/CaseStudyTemplate
We will select a variety of case studies from participants with
diverse experience. Participants will receive all the position papers
in advance, so they may formulate discussion questions before the
workshop. The organizers will also publish a draft agenda and for the
in-depth discussions during the workshop.

Up-to-date information on the workshop will be available at:
http://longitudinalusability.wikispaces.com/
Please note that workshop participants must register for the workshop
and for one or more days of the CHI 2009 conference. Workshop fees for
participants is estimated to be $175 for a one-day workshop.


Important Dates:
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Submission deadline - 23rd October 2008
Notification - 29th November 2008
Workshop - 5th April 2009


Organizers
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· Catherine Courage, salesforce.com, [email protected]
· Jhilmil Jain, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, [email protected]
· Stephanie Rosenbaum, Tec-Ed Inc, [email protected]