Gerhard Fischer and Hal Eden: “Design, Learning, and Collaboration” — Spring Semester 2007

Assignment 4: Domain-Oriented Design Environments and Critiquing



due: Monday, Feb 5, 2007; 10:00am on the class website (max: 2 pages, you can work together)

paper: Fischer, G., Nakakoji, K., Ostwald, J., Stahl, G., & Sumner, T. (1998) "Embedding Critics in Design Environments." In M. T. Maybury & W. Wahlster (Eds.), Readings in Intelligent User Interfaces, Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, pp. 537-561.
http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/papers/embedded-critics-98.pdf



Briefly discuss the following issues:
1. what did you find (articulate the answers in your own words)
1.1. interesting about the article?
1.2. not interesting about the article?
1.3. does it relate to your own work (as a student, as a worker)?

2. what do you consider the main message of the article?

3. are themes discussed in the article which you would like to know more about?

4. do you know of other papers, ideas, and systems which are closely related to
4.1. DODEs
4.2. Critiquing

5. what does the article say about
5.1. design
5.2. learning
5.3. collaboration

6. do you have any ideas how this research could / should be extended based on your own knowledge and experience?


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