Distributed Participatory Design web-based groupware

Pushing boundaries of co-design by going online: Lessons learned and reflections from three perspectives

“…Online and distributed participatory design (DPD) is an emerging subfield of PD pertaining to how physically or temporally distributed design teams coordinate activities to ensure equitable participation ( Constantin et al, 2021 ). Although DPD has been previously discussed in workshops and panels ( Danielsson et al, 2006 , Danielsson et al, 2008 , Naghsh et al, 2008 ), and has been available for quite some time, progress has been slow ( Heintz et al, 2014 , Lazarin and Almeida, 2016 , Muller and Druin, 2007 ) and it has not been broadly adopted in the domain of PD with children, principally cooperative inquiry ( Druin, 1999 , Fails et al, 2013 ). With the globalization of the world’s society and a vision to extend PD’s inclusive reach across geographic boundaries, arguments have been made to further advance children’s collaboration tools to enable distributed co-design ( Walsh & Foss, 2015 ).…”

“…In “PD in a box”, design packs are sent to children prior to sessions containing materials in addition to “fun stuff” that can support team cohesion ( Bonsignore, 2020 , Constantin et al, 2021 ). However, paper-based PD approaches are inefficient when working with widely distributed partners ( Heintz et al, 2014 ) and thus online tools in the form of groupware ( Lazarin & Almeida, 2016 ) are needed. There are ongoing considerations for new remote communication tools ( Antle & Frauenberger, 2020b ) such as virtual characters to support idea generation ( Constantin & Hourcade, 2018 ) and platforms that work synchronously and asynchronously ( Galvão, García, & Felipe, 2021 ), as well as non-technical tools for conducting participatory design ( Constantin et al, 2021 , Read et al, 2020 ).…”

Design Participativo em Ambientes Distribuídos de Desenvolvimento de Software Educacional Livre: desafios de pesquisa

“…No entanto, a maioria das abordagens de Design Participativo (DP)é concebida para ter reuniões face a face . Além disso, a maioria dos métodos e técnicas de DPé aplicada de forma colocalizada [Gumm et al 2006, Lazarin andAlmeida 2016]. Projetos de software em que os participantes não estão colocalizados podem encontrar dificuldades em aplicar abordagens, métodos e/ou técnicas de DP, devido, principalmente, localização geográfica dos participantes.…”

“…Como as abordagens participativas de design de interação envolvem os usuários em diversas tarefas, boas práticas participativas de design de interação colocalizado podem não ser adequadas em ambientes distribuídos. DP em ambientes distribuídos tornou-se recentemente umaárea de pesquisa denominada de Design Participativo Distribuído (DPD) [Lazarin and Almeida 2016]. DPD visa investigar técnicas e práticas envolvendo participantes geograficamente distribuídos.…”

“…DPD visa investigar técnicas e práticas envolvendo participantes geograficamente distribuídos. O DPD está preocupado com o processo de design em que os participantes têm diferentes níveis de experiência e competência e estão localizados em diferentes ambientes , Lazarin and Almeida 2016, Beynon and Chan 2006. O DPé uma mudança de atitude de "design para os usuários" para "design com usuários" [Sanders 2002], buscando o envolvimento de usuários para a colaboração no processo de design.…”