Guest speaker: Yvonne Rogers, Director of the Interaction Centre at
University College London
Behavioural Nudge or Technological Fudge?
We all have a pet behaviour we would like to change, such as eating
better, exercising more, or reducing our energy consumption. Many of
us would also like to manage our time more effectively, by spending
less time randomly Googling, sofa slouching or looking out the window.
How can we design new technologies to help people change their
behaviour? Nudging methods, derived from behavioural economics and
social psychology, have become increasingly popular. But how effective
are they and can technology be designed to exploit them? In this talk,
I will describe our investigations into how salient information can be
delivered in innovative ways, using affordable pervasive, ambient and
wearable technologies – our goal being to help people make better-
informed decisions in situ. Underlying all of this, however, is the
nagging question of whether it is ethical, desirable or sustainable to
be nudging people in a desired direction. Or, is it a case of
technological fudging, where we may be covering over deeper problems?
About Yvonne
Yvonne Rogers is the director of the Interaction Centre at University
College London (UK) and a professor of Interaction Design. She is a co-
author of the definitive textbook on Interaction Design and HCI now in
its 3rd edition that has sold over 150,000 copies worldwide.
She is known for her visionary research agenda of user engagement in
ubiquitous computing and has pioneered an approach to innovation and
ubiquitous learning. Her current research focuses on behavioural
change, through augmenting everyday, learning and collaborative work
activities with interactive technologies.
She was recently awarded a prestigious EPSRC dream fellowship to
rethink the relationship between ageing, computing and creativity.
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Phil <phil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Guest speaker: Yvonne Rogers, Director of the Interaction Centre at
> University College London
> Behavioural Nudge or Technological Fudge?
> We all have a pet behaviour we would like to change, such as eating
> better, exercising more, or reducing our energy consumption. Many of
> us would also like to manage our time more effectively, by spending
> less time randomly Googling, sofa slouching or looking out the window.
> How can we design new technologies to help people change their
> behaviour? Nudging methods, derived from behavioural economics and
> social psychology, have become increasingly popular. But how effective
> are they and can technology be designed to exploit them? In this talk,
> I will describe our investigations into how salient information can be
> delivered in innovative ways, using affordable pervasive, ambient and
> wearable technologies – our goal being to help people make better-
> informed decisions in situ. Underlying all of this, however, is the
> nagging question of whether it is ethical, desirable or sustainable to
> be nudging people in a desired direction. Or, is it a case of
> technological fudging, where we may be covering over deeper problems?
> About Yvonne
> Yvonne Rogers is the director of the Interaction Centre at University
> College London (UK) and a professor of Interaction Design. She is a co-
> author of the definitive textbook on Interaction Design and HCI now in
> its 3rd edition that has sold over 150,000 copies worldwide.
> She is known for her visionary research agenda of user engagement in
> ubiquitous computing and has pioneered an approach to innovation and
> ubiquitous learning. Her current research focuses on behavioural
> change, through augmenting everyday, learning and collaborative work
> activities with interactive technologies.
> She was recently awarded a prestigious EPSRC dream fellowship to
> rethink the relationship between ageing, computing and creativity.
> Location: 6 Spin Street, Cape Town
> Time: 7:00
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On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Elaine Olivier <olivier...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Phil,
> Just to confirm that the time given is it PM and not AM?
> Regards
> Elaine
> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Phil <phil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Guest speaker: Yvonne Rogers, Director of the Interaction Centre at
>> University College London
>> Behavioural Nudge or Technological Fudge?
>> We all have a pet behaviour we would like to change, such as eating
>> better, exercising more, or reducing our energy consumption. Many of
>> us would also like to manage our time more effectively, by spending
>> less time randomly Googling, sofa slouching or looking out the window.
>> How can we design new technologies to help people change their
>> behaviour? Nudging methods, derived from behavioural economics and
>> social psychology, have become increasingly popular. But how effective
>> are they and can technology be designed to exploit them? In this talk,
>> I will describe our investigations into how salient information can be
>> delivered in innovative ways, using affordable pervasive, ambient and
>> wearable technologies – our goal being to help people make better-
>> informed decisions in situ. Underlying all of this, however, is the
>> nagging question of whether it is ethical, desirable or sustainable to
>> be nudging people in a desired direction. Or, is it a case of
>> technological fudging, where we may be covering over deeper problems?
>> About Yvonne
>> Yvonne Rogers is the director of the Interaction Centre at University
>> College London (UK) and a professor of Interaction Design. She is a co-
>> author of the definitive textbook on Interaction Design and HCI now in
>> its 3rd edition that has sold over 150,000 copies worldwide.
>> She is known for her visionary research agenda of user engagement in
>> ubiquitous computing and has pioneered an approach to innovation and
>> ubiquitous learning. Her current research focuses on behavioural
>> change, through augmenting everyday, learning and collaborative work
>> activities with interactive technologies.
>> She was recently awarded a prestigious EPSRC dream fellowship to
>> rethink the relationship between ageing, computing and creativity.
>> Location: 6 Spin Street, Cape Town
>> Time: 7:00
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> Guest speaker: Yvonne Rogers, Director of the Interaction Centre at
> University College London
> Behavioural Nudge or Technological Fudge?
> We all have a pet behaviour we would like to change, such as eating
> better, exercising more, or reducing our energy consumption. Many of
> us would also like to manage our time more effectively, by spending
> less time randomly Googling, sofa slouching or looking out the window.
> How can we design new technologies to help people change their
> behaviour? Nudging methods, derived from behavioural economics and
> social psychology, have become increasingly popular. But how effective
> are they and can technology be designed to exploit them? In this talk,
> I will describe our investigations into how salient information can be
> delivered in innovative ways, using affordable pervasive, ambient and
> wearable technologies – our goal being to help people make better-
> informed decisions in situ. Underlying all of this, however, is the
> nagging question of whether it is ethical, desirable or sustainable to
> be nudging people in a desired direction. Or, is it a case of
> technological fudging, where we may be covering over deeper problems?
> About Yvonne
> Yvonne Rogers is the director of the Interaction Centre at University
> College London (UK) and a professor of Interaction Design. She is a co-
> author of the definitive textbook on Interaction Design and HCI now in
> its 3rd edition that has sold over 150,000 copies worldwide.
> She is known for her visionary research agenda of user engagement in
> ubiquitous computing and has pioneered an approach to innovation and
> ubiquitous learning. Her current research focuses on behavioural
> change, through augmenting everyday, learning and collaborative work
> activities with interactive technologies.
> She was recently awarded a prestigious EPSRC dream fellowship to
> rethink the relationship between ageing, computing and creativity.
The Video is now online. Please do not Tweet or share it. Yvonne has asked me to keep it low profile, because she wants to give a similar talk in the UK soon.
The audio sound isn't always great. The video size is about 350MB. Yes it is quite large, but the original was 1.2GB :)
