1. Laurens Bolle Promotor: Erik Duval Begeleider: Robin De
Croon Wearable applications for students
2. Goal: Find out how to innovatively use wearable technology
for students. Concrete: After a literature study of existing
applications, the student will design, implement and evaluate one
or more applications for students, using wearable technology.
Thesis subject 2
3. How to reduce smartphone micro- usage with smartwatch
applications? Ferreira, D., Goncalves, J., Kostakos, V., Barkhuus,
L., & Dey, A. K. (2014). Contextual experience sampling of
mobile application micro-usage. Proceedings of the 16th
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile
Devices & Services - MobileHCI 14, 91100.
doi:10.1145/2628363.2628367 Banovic, N., Brant, C., Mankoff, J.,
& Dey, A. (2014). ProactiveTasks: the short of mobile device
use sessions. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on
Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices & Services,
243252. Retrieved from http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2628380
Research Question 3
4. Explorative study First semester 4
5. Smartphone tracking (AWARE framework 14 users) First
semester 5
6. 6 Micro-usage Ferreira, D., Goncalves, J., Kostakos, V.,
Barkhuus, L., & Dey, A. K. (2014). Contextual experience
sampling of mobile application micro-usage. Proceedings of the 16th
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile
Devices & Services - MobileHCI 14, 91100.
doi:10.1145/2628363.2628367
7. Usually come from a communication app Are the source of many
micro-interactions Could they be the solution as well?
Notifications 7
8. Google is already doing this on the smartphone: And on
Android Wear: Extending Notifications 8
9. Are very often limited to Open on phone and 1 other action
Not customizable Multiple actions require multiple swipes Have no
clear overview of possibilities Notification Actions 9
10. Option 1 Option 2 We want to provide a better solution
10
11. Option 3 11
12. Digital prototypes 12
13. Best option according to 5/5 users: Evaluation 13
14. Demo 14
15. Smartphone 15
16. 16 Context-Aware Reminders
17. 17 Simplified class diagram
18. Lend out smartwatch 2 users / week Start with perceived
usefulness questionnaire Track usage with AWARE + own specific logs
When theyre busy (e.g.: attending class), send SMS/e-mail See what
they do (reminder/quick reply/full answer/..) End with SUS +
Usefulness questionnaire Compare with AWARE data without watch
Evaluation 18
19. April week 1 Presentation Process feedback Prepare
evaluation April week 2 Evaluation 1 + 2 Thesis/paper: Literature
study April week 3 Evaluation 3 + 4 Thesis/paper: Concept April
week 4 Evaluation 5 + 6 Thesis/paper: Implementation Paper finished
( - last results) Weekly schedule May week 1 Evaluation 7 + 8
Thesis/paper: Evaluation May week 2 Process final evaluation
results Paper MobileHCI workshop Create poster Thesis: Introduction
May week 3 Thesis: Results + Conclusion May week 4 HCI poster day
June week 1: Final deadline 19