ABSTRACT This paper presents a co-‐design process consisting of qualitative and ethnographically oriented studies of everyday life and work practice and co-‐design methods. It concerns the relationship between parent and child, and the specific focus of this paper is the communication situation in a family, when a parent is sick for an extended period of time. Keywords Co-‐design methods, involving users, parent-‐children relationship, hospitalization, IT solutions
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE DESIGN TEAM 1.2 WHAT IS CO-‐DESIGN? 1.3 WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THE COURSE PROJECT? 1.4 WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF OUR PROJECT? 1.5 WHO IS THE TARGET GROUP? 1.6 HYPOTHESIS 1.7 WORKING RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1.8 OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION
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2. RESEARCH PLAN
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3. METHODS 3.1 INTERVIEW 3.2 FUTURE WORKSHOP 3.3 VIDEO SKETCHING
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4. ANALYSIS 4.1 INTERVIEWS 4.2 FUTURE WORKSHOP 4.3 VIDEO SKETCHING
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5. FINDINGS
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6. DESIGN OUTCOME
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7. EVALUATION
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8. REFERENCES
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