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Design Charettesas a Resource: A
Case Study with Students at the
University of Nairobi
Susan P. Wyche, Ph.D. Candidate
Human-Centered Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Georgia Institute ofTechnology
Globi-Comp Workshop 2009
Overview
•The Study
•What are Design Charrettes?
•Preliminary Findings
•Discussion
Study: Site Selection, Participants, and
Design Charrette
•Summer 2007
•Part of a larger
project examining
religion and
technology use (see
Wych
e, A
oki, a
nd
Gri
nte
r, C
HI 2007)
Art and Design Dept. at U of N
Design Charrette
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Discussion
•Local
Designers as a
Resource
•Understanding
the needs of
educated and
higher income
users
Acknowledgments
The students I worked with at the
University of Nairobi.
Dr. Suki Mwendwa, Director School of the
Art and Design
Paul Aoki, Intel Labs Berkeley