This is the third step of my course project in interaction research.
I have updated my research proposal and have written early abstract for a paper.
Data gathering phase seems to be ended, now I have to analyse them and look at them from specific angle that can make a contribution to the audience of design-researchers. 65 people (thank you very much again!) participated in my online experiment, which was continued by 6 skype video and 7 face-to-face interviews. Aim of interviews was to get into more details of the stories that participants have written, and to give chance for participants to try out PictureQuest in face-to-face situation. When participants have tried PictureQuest both online and face-to-face, they were asked to compare their experience between both situations.
There are definetly differences between user responses communicated with or without computer mediation. Synchronity in user communication plays a significant role as well, for instance, people have said that when they are online, they can better reflect on the task, while being in face-to-face situations seems to be more fun.
I will continue with analysing user responses from online experiment and interviews.
