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Session Spotlight: Moderator’s Survival Guide: Techniques for Handling Common, Tricky, and Sticky Situations During User Research
Today’s Session Spotlight features another of this year’s amazing Tutorials. In this evening tutorial, Fiona Tranquada and Donna Tedesco take you beyond your standard moderation skills, into the crazy real world of those participants and situations and how to deal with them. … Continue reading →
UXPA DC Keynote Speaker: Navi Radjou Talks Collaboration for Innovation
This year we’re taking a slightly different approach to the keynotes. We want to create more shared experiences, more opportunities to have conversations in the hall about that controversial topic or that great speaker. So we’re having a keynote speaker … Continue reading →
Presenter:
Katherine Campbell; Independent Consultant; USA
Title:
Afternoon at the Museum: UX in Nontraditional Settings
Day/Date:
Friday, July 12, 2013
Time:
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location:
Columbia 1-2
Session Type:
60 Minute Presentaion
Description:
User-centered design is normally associated with computers, mobile devices and the web. Referencing my past experiences working with two of the Smithsonian’s hands-on spaces, I will examine what it means to craft a positive user experience and how that relates to nontraditional disciplines such as museum exhibits and educational centers. I will encourage you to look at user experience design through a different lens and approach projects with a fresh perspective.
Audience:
UX Fundamentals/Novice practitioners
Track:
Research
Biography:
Katherine Campbell graduated from Drexel University with a degree in Design and Merchandising. She has worked in education and outreach for the Smithsonian Institution and now works as an independent consultant. Katherine is a user design neophyte that brings a unique mix of design training, project development experience and creativity to user experience design. Working in the museum field has provided Katherine with invaluable experience in working with the public including visitors of all educational and age ranges to persons with disabilities and special needs. She credits UXPA DC for providing professional development opportunities to emerging user experience designers like herself.
