Designing Web Spaces for Social Inclusion
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The document discusses the design of web spaces aimed at fostering social inclusion, exploring whether such designs can be established. It details a project involving 13 participants who will engage via a text chat system, with iterative design changes based on user feedback. The focus is on developing interpersonal relationships in a hybrid community while excluding broader environmental, economic, and political factors.
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Designing Web Spaces for Social Inclusion
- 1. Designing Web Spaces for Social Inclusion Miles Menegon Victoria University Melbourne, Australia
- 2. Research Questions: Is it possible to design web spaces that encourage / foster social inclusion? Can we establish a set of design principles for social inclusion on the web?
- 3. Social Inclusion: A dynamic, complex system of interrelated social forces Environmental, economic and political factors fall outside of the scope of this project We focus on the development of interpersonal relationships in a hybrid community
- 4. The Web Space Browser-based text chat system No plugins required Synchronous and asynchronous communication Member profile pages Lo-fidelity prototype
- 6. The Process 13 participants will use the web space to communicate over a number of months The space will undergo iterative design and functionality changes based on the feedback and usage patterns of participants Design principles may or may not emerge in the process