Extending Product Affordances to User Manuals

Nenad Pavel; Emilene Zitkus

Extending Product Affordances to User Manuals

Nenad Pavel, Emilene Zitkus

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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
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 - Sept 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 Sept 2017 → 8 Sept 2017 Conference number: 19 http://epde.info/epde2017/ (Link to Conference Website)

Conference

Conference	19th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
Abbreviated title	EPDE 2017
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Oslo
Period	7/09/17 → 8/09/17
Internet address	http://epde.info/epde2017/ (Link to Conference Website)

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

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Pavel, N & Zitkus, E 2017, Extending Product Affordances to User Manuals. in A Berg, E Bohemia, L Buck, T Gulden, A Kovacevic & N Pavel (eds), DS 88: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education. The Design Society, pp. 198-204, 19th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Oslo, Norway, 7/09/17.

Extending Product Affordances to User Manuals. / Pavel, Nenad; Zitkus, Emilene.
DS 88: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education. ed. / Arild Berg; Erik Bohemia; Lyndon Buck; Tore Gulden; Ahmed Kovacevic; Nenad Pavel. The Design Society, 2017. p. 198-204.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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