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  Colloquia
One of the SIS/DLIS Faculty Candidate Colloquium Series
  
     
     
 

Kenneth R. Fleischmann

PhD Candidate, Department of Science and Technology Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

“EXPLORING THE DESIGN-USE INTERFACE:
THE AGENCY OF BOUNDARY OBJECTS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY"

Thursday, February 19, 2004
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Room 405 IS Buildinig

Abstract: This presentation explores the complex relationships among designers and users of educational computer software, including processes of cooperation and conflict. The two case studies examined are frog dissection simulation used in biology education and human anatomy simulation used in medical education. A three-step process for studying the design and use of a software product in its social context is developed and applied in both case studies. This research has broad implications for the fields of medical informatics, social informatics, information ethics, and user-centered design.

 
     
  Attention SIS students: The faculty search committee invites you to come and meet SIS/DLIS faculty candidate. The student information session is from 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 2004 in 2nd floor multipurpose room, IS Building.  
     

 

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