Hi Brandon,
As you develop trust thanks to Melissa (and Linda)
It’d be very very useful to observe live working sessions — rather than indirect report thru abstract questionnaires.
situations: either of single users working alone , or ensemble. (In latter case maybe a work session in which you are participant is best)
• live event, write down your impressions of what was going on, afterward
choice: participate in the event as a user, vs as explicit fly on the wall (after you establish trust and permission from others to do this)
• live event with you as participant, with camera + audio recording the entire room to capture all inter-body activity NOT just the screen, head or hands! We will send video snips to Satinder Gill @ Cambridge for advice o iterating the method.
Iteratively refining the methodology is key to abductive science.
• User views recording with you and does talk aloud: what was she thinking, what was she / peers doing?
Easiest way to do this is to recurse: play video on Quicktime Player and simply create a second screen grab movie in Quicktime Player
These are known and effective techniques in HCI user experience / design research. Let's apply them :)
As for trust, I’d suggest that we post your work NOT to replace but entirely different genus un two ways:
(1) Realtime
(2) SKETCH , minimum power needed to scaffold live scientific creation rather than compete on resolution.
(3) NOT merely educational toy, but as prop for cognitive research, meta-science
Have fun!
Xin Wei