Adapting Multidevice Deployments During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned From Two Studies

Lucas M. Silva; Franceli L. Cibrian; Daniel A. Epstein; Arpita Bhattacharya; Elizabeth A. Ankrah; Elissa Monteiro; Jesus A. Beltran; Sabrina E. Schuck; Kimberley D. Lakes; Gillian R. Hayes

doi:10.1109/MPRV.2021.3104262

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Adapting Multidevice Deployments During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned From Two Studies

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Adapting Multidevice Deployments During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned From Two Studies

Lucas M. Silva, Franceli L. Cibrian, Daniel A. Epstein, Arpita Bhattacharya, Elizabeth A. Ankrah, Elissa Monteiro, Jesus A. Beltran, Sabrina E. Schuck, Kimberley D. Lakes and Gillian R. Hayes

IEEE pervasive computing, Vol.21(1), pp.48-56

01/01/2022

DOI: 10.1109/MPRV.2021.3104262

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Abstract

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic brought into evidence some of the challenges of deploying and managing user studies out-of-the-lab. Satisfying new health guidelines required adapting to remote and contactless procedures, which in turn impacted recruitment, participant involvement, and technology delivery and configuration. Such challenges are endemic to many user studies. However, the emergence of the pandemic forced us to confront them head on in two distinct multidevice deployment studies. Changing research design, deployment strategies, and study management allowed us to reflect on some of the core challenges for all field related technological interventions and provided insight into how researchers might conduct more responsive, flexible, and robust studies outside the lab more broadly. Our reflections suggest simple but important ways that researchers can design flexibility, responsiveness, and empathy into all future user studies in- the-wild.

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Title: Subtitle: Adapting Multidevice Deployments During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned From Two Studies
Creators: Lucas M. Silva - University of California, Irvine
Franceli L. Cibrian - Chapman University
Daniel A. Epstein - University of California, Irvine
Arpita Bhattacharya - University of California, Irvine
Elizabeth A. Ankrah - University of California, Irvine
Elissa Monteiro - University of California, Riverside
Jesus A. Beltran - University of California, Irvine
Sabrina E. Schuck - University of California, Irvine
Kimberley D. Lakes - University of California, Riverside
Gillian R. Hayes - University of California, Irvine
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: IEEE pervasive computing, Vol.21(1), pp.48-56
DOI: 10.1109/MPRV.2021.3104262
ISSN: 1536-1268
eISSN: 1558-2590
Publisher: IEEE
Number of pages: 9
Grant note: Jacobs Foundation Advanced Research Fellowship IIS-1850389 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) 1R21HS026058-01A1 / AHRQ; United States Department of Health & Human Services; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2022
Academic Unit: Computer Science
Record Identifier: 9984696571402771

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