Modern Theories in HCI:
Distributed Cognition(DC)
Development of distributed cognition method is continuation of involving cognitive science into HCI, and a result of popularisation of internet and computers in workplaces and social processes.
This method tries to step out of individual user approach and move towards the networks of people and artefacts that they use.
Since it does not try to model process happening inside of human brain and focuses on external events, DC is expected to give a better detailed view on properties of the system itself.
Although distributed cognition promises a more accurate results, it has its drawbacks as well. one big difficulty on applying this method is that it needs conduction of ethnographic field study. ethnographic studies are time and resource consuming and there is no easy and predefined way of extracting design tips out of collected data.
My concept map of distributed cognition part of the book:
Since it does not try to model process happening inside of human brain and focuses on external events, DC is expected to give a better detailed view on properties of the system itself.
Although distributed cognition promises a more accurate results, it has its drawbacks as well. one big difficulty on applying this method is that it needs conduction of ethnographic field study. ethnographic studies are time and resource consuming and there is no easy and predefined way of extracting design tips out of collected data.
My concept map of distributed cognition part of the book:
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