Hoysniemi-tutorial

IDC 2005 Tutorial proposal:Wizard of Oz with Children – ethical dilemmas and experiences from the fieldJohanna Höysniemi and Janet C ReadObjectives for tutorialThe main objective of our half day tutorial is to provide methodological guidance forthe design and evaluation of interactive products with children when using a Wizardof Oz (WOz) methodology.The more detailed goals of participants in this tutorial will be:• To understand the basic concepts of the WOz method and its’ possibilities andconstraints.• To gain an overview of the background of the WOz method in the fieldof HCI and learn how it has been applied with children in several projects.• To appreciate the roles a child and an adult can play in the WOz design process.• To identify the ethical concerns related to deceptive design and evaluation setupsand discover how these situations can be made safe and ethically sound for childparticipants.• To gain hands-on experience on how to design and carry out Wizard of Ozexperiments with child participants.Justification for tutorial inclusion in the IDC2005 programA large number of children’s products and product concepts are highlyinnovative and even futuristic, these often call for new design and evaluationapproaches. The Wizard of Oz methodology (WOz) has been traditionally used totest ideas and rapidly prototype systems that are costly to build or technologicallycomplex. The Wizard of Oz methodology is well suited for the purposes of ...