TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring the knowledge creation practices of UX designers on stack exchange
AU - Kou, Yubo
AU - Gray, Colin M.
PY - 2018/5/30
Y1 - 2018/5/30
N2 - The contours of user experience (UX) design practice have been developed by a diverse array of practitioners and academics in an array of disciplinary traditions, leaving UX without a coherent and agreed upon body of disciplinary knowledge or a concrete path to become a professional. Consequently, UX designers rely upon online knowledge resources to develop and maintain their competence. In this work-in-progress, we conducted an exploratory investigation of question and answer (Q&A) communication within the UX Stack Exchange community, analyzing the topics that UX designers have raised in questions and answers. Our preliminary analysis contributes a typology of knowledge needs that were articulated by UX designers as a support for their practice. Drawing on prior work, we discuss three distinctive characteristics of UX knowledge desired by designers.
AB - The contours of user experience (UX) design practice have been developed by a diverse array of practitioners and academics in an array of disciplinary traditions, leaving UX without a coherent and agreed upon body of disciplinary knowledge or a concrete path to become a professional. Consequently, UX designers rely upon online knowledge resources to develop and maintain their competence. In this work-in-progress, we conducted an exploratory investigation of question and answer (Q&A) communication within the UX Stack Exchange community, analyzing the topics that UX designers have raised in questions and answers. Our preliminary analysis contributes a typology of knowledge needs that were articulated by UX designers as a support for their practice. Drawing on prior work, we discuss three distinctive characteristics of UX knowledge desired by designers.
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U2 - 10.1145/3197391.3205414
DO - 10.1145/3197391.3205414
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85054171292
SN - 9781450356312
T3 - DIS 2018 - Companion Publication of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference
SP - 69
EP - 74
BT - DIS 2018 - Companion Publication of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2018
Y2 - 9 June 2018 through 13 June 2018
ER -