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Human Technology, 2008 VOLUME 4, NUMBER 2 (The entire issue)
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Human Technology, 2008 VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1 (The entire issue) : Special Issue on Psychology of Programming
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Exploring User Acceptance of Free Wireless Fidelity Public Hot Spots : An Empirical Study
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2008)Research regarding commercial and free wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) public hot spots acceptance and adoption is sketchy. Therefore, it has become imperative to understand the critical factors that affect their acceptance. ... -
Social Psychology of Persuasion Applied to Human Agent Interaction
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2008)This paper discusses and evaluates the application of a social psychologically enriched, user-centered approach to agent architecture design. The major aim is to facilitate human–agent interaction (HAI) by making agents ... -
User-Centered Technologies for Blind Children
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2008)The purpose of this paper is to review, summarize, and illustrate research work involving four audio-based games created within a user-centered design methodology through successive usability tasks and evaluations. These ... -
From the Editor in Chief: From Technology to the Human User
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From Procedures to Objects: A Research Agenda for the Psychology of Object-Oriented Programming Education
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2008)Programming education has experienced a shift from imperative and procedural programming to object-orientation. This shift has been motivated by educators’ desire to please the information technology industry and potential ... -
A Roles-Based Approach to Variable-Oriented Programming
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2008)Delocalized variable plans pose problems for novice programmers trying to read and write programs. Variable-oriented programming is a programming paradigm that emphasizes the importance of variable-related plans, and ... -
Spatial Ability and Learning to Program
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2008)Results in introductory computer programming modules are often disappointing, and various individual differences have been found to be relevant. This paper reviews work in this area, with particular reference to the ... -
Usability Assessment of a UML-Based Formal Modeling Method Using a Cognitive Dimensions Framework
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2008)Conceptual models communicate the important aspects of a problem domain to stakeholders. The quality of the models is highly dependent on the usability of the modeling method used. This paper presents a survey conducted ... -
A Coding Scheme Development Methodology Using Grounded Theory for Qualitative Analysis of Pair Programming
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2008)A number of quantitative studies of pair programming (the practice of two programmers working together using just one computer) have partially conflicting results. Qualitative studies are needed to explain what is really ... -
Guest Editor's Introduction: Psychology of Programming : Looking into Programmers Heads
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From the Editor in Chief: The Problems of Professionals
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Inventing New Uses for Tools: A Cognitive Foundation for Studies on Appropriation
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2008)Appropriation refers to the processes that take place when new uses are invented for tools and when these uses develop into practices and start spreading within a user community. Most research in human–computer interaction ... -
Team Client Relationships and Extreme Programming
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2008)This paper describes a study that examined the relationship between software engineering teams who adhered to the extreme programming (XP) methodology and their project clients. The study involved observing teams working ... -
The New Media and Heterotopic Technologies in the Philippines
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2008)Information overload is perhaps the most common frustration of our age. It strikes everyone: young and old, educated and uneducated, rich and poor, first world and third world. Human communication has taken on the qualities ...
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