Designing Ummeli a case for mediated design, a participatory approach to designing interactive systems for semi-literate users

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorMarsden, Garyen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorDonner, Jonathanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGitau, Silvian Wanjikuen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T19:29:03Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T19:29:03Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation documents a journey into the design of Ummeli with a community of semi‐literate job seekers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town whose primary access to the internet was through their mobile phones. Working closely with this community over many months, we developed Ummeli, a suite of tools that allow the user to build their CVs; browse and apply for employment and training opportunities; recommend and post jobs; get employment tips and connect to other job seekers. To design Ummeli, Ethnographic Action Research (EAR) was embraced, not as a methodology, but as a research approach, a foundation from which to incorporate participatory approaches to designing Information communication technologies for development (ICT4D). User Centred Design (UCD) was incorporated as a design approach. Ummeli was built by a combination of insights drawn from a lived-in experience, and employing UCD informed mtheods of participatory design (PD).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGitau, S. W. (2013). <i>Designing Ummeli a case for mediated design, a participatory approach to designing interactive systems for semi-literate users</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6399en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGitau, Silvian Wanjiku. <i>"Designing Ummeli a case for mediated design, a participatory approach to designing interactive systems for semi-literate users."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6399en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGitau, S. 2013. Designing Ummeli a case for mediated design, a participatory approach to designing interactive systems for semi-literate users. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gitau, Silvian Wanjiku AB - This dissertation documents a journey into the design of Ummeli with a community of semi‐literate job seekers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town whose primary access to the internet was through their mobile phones. Working closely with this community over many months, we developed Ummeli, a suite of tools that allow the user to build their CVs; browse and apply for employment and training opportunities; recommend and post jobs; get employment tips and connect to other job seekers. To design Ummeli, Ethnographic Action Research (EAR) was embraced, not as a methodology, but as a research approach, a foundation from which to incorporate participatory approaches to designing Information communication technologies for development (ICT4D). User Centred Design (UCD) was incorporated as a design approach. Ummeli was built by a combination of insights drawn from a lived-in experience, and employing UCD informed mtheods of participatory design (PD). DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Designing Ummeli a case for mediated design, a participatory approach to designing interactive systems for semi-literate users TI - Designing Ummeli a case for mediated design, a participatory approach to designing interactive systems for semi-literate users UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6399 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6399
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGitau SW. Designing Ummeli a case for mediated design, a participatory approach to designing interactive systems for semi-literate users. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6399en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherComputer Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleDesigning Ummeli a case for mediated design, a participatory approach to designing interactive systems for semi-literate usersen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
uct.type.filetypeText
uct.type.filetypeImage
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceThesisen_ZA
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
thesis_sci_2013_gitau_s.pdf
Size:
17.39 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
Collections
PhD / Doctoral