Helen Sharp – författare

A delightful, engaging, and comprehensive overview of interaction design Effective and engaging design is a critical component of any digital product, from virtual reality software to chatbots, smartphone apps, and more. In the newly updated sixth edition of Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction, a team of accomplished technology, design, and computing professors delivers an intuitive and instructive discussion of the principles underlying the design of effective interactive technologies. The authors discuss how to design and apply digital technologies in the real world, illustrated with numerous examples. The book explores the interdisciplinary foundations of interaction design, including skills from product design, computer science, human and social psychology, and others. The book builds on the highly successful fifth edition and draws on extensive new research and interviews with accomplished professionals and researchers in the field that reflect a rapidly-changing landscape. It is supported by a website hosting digital resources that add to and complement the material contained within. Readers will also find: Explorations of the social and emotional components of interacting with apps, digital devices and computersDescriptions about how to design, prototype, evaluate and construct technologies that support human-computer interactionDiscussions of the cognitive aspects of interaction design, as well as design and evaluation, including usability testing and expert reviews. An essential text for undergraduate and graduate students of human-computer interaction, interaction design, software engineering, web design, and information studies, Interaction Design will also prove to be indispensable for interaction design and user experience professionals.

Interaktionsdesign: bortom människa–dator-interaktion ger ett tvärvetenskapligt, praktiskt och processorienterat synsätt på människa–dator-interaktion. Boken beskriver grundläggande -principer och tekniker för interaktionsdesign och ger framför allt -exempel på hur dessa kan tillämpas.Bokens fokus ligger på hur interaktiva produkter som utvecklar och förbättrar människors sätt att kommunicera, interagera och arbeta ska utformas. Den ger exempel på tekniska frågor men ger även perspektiv på sociala och etiska frågor inom ämnet. Detta gör boken lämplig för såväl kurser inom interaktionsdesign, människa–dator-interaktion, informationsdesign, webbdesign och ubiquitous computing som kurser med en mindre teknisk inriktning. Boken innehåller även intervjuer med ledande forskare och utvecklare inom MDI vilket ger läsaren inblick i aktuella och fram-tida trender.I den här svenska översättningen av den fjärde utgåvan av Inter-action Design har en grundlig revidering och uppdatering gjorts. För att återspegla områdets dynamiska karaktär har nya exempel, bilder, fallstudier, dilemman osv. inkluderats. Ett helt nytt kapitel har tillkommit, ”Interaktionsdesign i praktiken”, vilket behandlar hur praktiska UX-metoder, som agil UX och lean UX, alltmer -används inom handeln och affärsvärlden.

The crucial role of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in hospice and palliative settings receives a long-overdue focus in End-of-Life Care Considerations for the Speech-Language Pathologist, the fifth volume in Plural's Medical Speech-Language Pathology book series. Seasoned clinicians provide a practical guide to the terminology, context, and knowledge needed to employ best practices and address the specific needs of patients nearing the end of life. As a profession, speech-language pathology focuses primarily on rehabilitation, with the expectation that patients' function will improve with intervention. For patients with life-limiting conditions, SLPs play an important role in supporting patients' communication, cognition, eating, drinking, and swallowing with an emphasis on quality of living. Clinical professionals require tailored resources to develop their knowledge and skills related to appropriate care and treatment in hospice and palliative care contexts, which have been hard to find until now.Nearly all patients experience difficulties with communication and eating as they near the end of life. Patients, family members, and professionals benefit if the patient can communicate their symptoms, indicate the effectiveness of symptom management strategies, participate in setting care goals, and engage in social-emotional and spiritual conversations with family and members of the care team. This book provides SLP professionals guidance in how to offer meaningful assessments and interventions that meet patients' needs. The book contains case examples together with the latest research and contributing clinicians' years of experience. Supported by these effective and thoughtful strategies, SLPs can offer both comfort and care for patients in their final days.Key FeaturesAn overview of and introduction to the key concepts and benefits of hospice and palliative careGuidance on terminology and standard models of end-of-life careAdult and pediatric case studies with frequently encountered scenariosChapters authored by a renowned team of contributorsDiscussion of legal and ethical considerationsPractical techniques and strategies for assessment and intervention