HCI Lesson 4 & 5

What does it look like telepresence?

• technologies that allow a user appear to be present personally

• feel like they are not present or have some effect in a space the person does not physically inhabit

• technologies that allow a user appear to be present

• All of the above

Which of the following statement is true about social interaction?

• Social interaction is central to our everyday lives

• Social mechanisms, like turn-taking, enable us to collaborate and coordinate our activities

• Social media has brought about significant changes in how people keep in touch and manage their social lives

• Many technology systems have been built to support telepresence, social presence, and co-presence

The use of _______ to find out what is happening, what others are doing, and, conversely let others know what is happening.

• Conversational Mechanism

• Coordination Mechanism

• Awareness Mechanism

• Social Interaction

How do you create a coordination mechanism?

• by the use of verbal and non-verbal communication

• shared internal representations only

• analyzing group work

• All of the above

Why social presence is important?

• Provide early and continuous feedback

• Encourage change in small steps

• Can maximize the reification and participation in the online learning process

• All of the above

Define Attention as a cognitive process.

• Allows us to focus on movement that is relevant to what we are doing

• Involves recalling various kinds of knowledge that allow people to act appropriately

• Obvious implication is to design representations that are readily perceivable

• Selectively focusing on a certain aspect of information, while ignoring other perceivable information

The process of acquiring knowledge by thinking.

• Attention

• Perception

• Memory

• Cognition

Why is it important to understand cognition in Interaction design?

• Interaction with technology involves cognitive processes

• To help us understand information about the world around us and interact safely with our environment

• It provides us knowledge of what users can do and what they cannot do

• All of the above

Global positioning system (GPS) is a navigation system that makes use of 24 orbiting satellites, it is an example of?

• Persuasive technologies

• Affective Computing

• Artificial Intelligence

• Tracking devices

How do you establish a social presence?

• Try Web 2.0 tools for fun and collaboration

• Talk to your classmates

• Use course announcements only

• All of the above