Abstract
The aim of this study is to provide general guidelines on methods for designing user manuals. The goal is to illustrate the dependencies between product affordances, semantics, and user instruction. The study incorporates task-based reflective interviews with product design professionals who were charged with redesigning a manual for a product. The article emphasizes the application of a pedagogical instructional design (PID) approach to user manuals in which users aim to construct the meanings of a product and incorporate these into living practices.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | DS 88 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education |
| Editors | Arild Berg, Erik Bohemia, Lyndon Buck, Tore Gulden, Ahmed Kovacevic, Nenad Pavel |
| Publisher | The Design Society |
| Pages | 198-204 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781904670841 |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 19th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education - Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo, Norway Duration: 7 Sep 2017 → 8 Sep 2017 Conference number: 19 http://epde.info/epde2017/ (Link to Conference Website) |
Conference
| Conference | 19th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education |
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| Abbreviated title | EPDE 2017 |
| Country/Territory | Norway |
| City | Oslo |
| Period | 7/09/17 → 8/09/17 |
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