Abstract
Social media tools provide new possibilities to involve end users as
codesigners through the whole innovation process. Owela (Open Web Lab) is an
online community that supports participatory design within users, designers
and developers. Currently Owela serves as a platform that collects user
feedback, experiences and ideas from different physical and online sources.
In this paper we present the Owela co-design model and tools for different
phases of the innovation process. The co-design process consists of open
innovation space and scheduled projects for product and service development.
We present a case example of the use of the Owela process in a design
process of the social bookmarking service called Tilkut. We conclude that
online tools can make the codesign easier and cheaper to apply in everyday
work. However, the traditional tools and methods can not be directly applied
on the web, but the whole design process should be reconsidered in aim to
work well online. A combination of online and offline tools is needed for
effective co-design.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | NordiCHI 2008 Workshops |
| Subtitle of host publication | New Approaches to Requirements Elicitation & How Can HCI Improve Social Media Development? |
| Place of Publication | Trondheim, Norway |
| Publisher | Tapir akademisk forlag |
| Pages | 92-97 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-82-519-2394-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | NordiCHI Workshop, Lund, Sweden, 18.-22.10.2008 - Duration: 1 Jan 2008 → … |
Conference
| Conference | NordiCHI Workshop, Lund, Sweden, 18.-22.10.2008 |
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| Period | 1/01/08 → … |
Keywords
- co-design
- online laboratory
- social media
- innovation process
- web tools
- participatory design