Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 1
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This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This video documents the start of the workshop; it contains an overview of language archives by Gary Holton and an overview of user-centered design by Christina Wasson.
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This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This video documents the start of the workshop; it contains an overview of language archives by Gary Holton and an overview of user-centered design by Christina Wasson.
This video is part of the following collection of related materials.
User-Centered Design of Language Archives
More than half the world's languages are at risk of no longer being spoken by the end of this century. Language archives can be important resources for language revitalization and research, but need to accommodate the needs of all user groups. This 2016 workshop documented the perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research in this area.
This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This slide deck accompanied the presentation by Gary Holton on language archiving.
This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This slide deck accompanied the presentation by Christina Wasson on user-centered design.
Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 1,
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February 20, 2016;
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