WithDorm: Dormitory solution for linking roommates

Kim T, Lim J, Kwak M, Zhang BT, Yang SH (2019)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2019

Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2019

Event location: Taipei TW

ISBN: 9781450368254

DOI: 10.1145/3338286.3344385

Abstract

Experiences in universities are important for emotional maturation and offer an opportunity to develop individual characteristics and skills needed for social life. There are diverse issues affecting the quality of dormitory life and roommate relationships, which can influence one's psychosocial development. In this paper, we propose WithDorm, a mobile application to help communication with roommates and tighten their connections, and thereby assisting the users' emotional health and psychosocial development. We analyzed dormitory roommate issues from a human-centered perspective and narrowed down to three design implications after dormitory life modeling. Furthermore, we implemented the design implications in a prototype and performed a usability test to evaluate and improve the design. The final design, WithDorm, is aware of dormitory-specific concerns, collects and adapts to users' lifestyles, and initiates humanhuman interaction among roommates.

Authors with CRIS profile

Seung Hee Yang

Involved external institutions

Seoul National University (SNU) / 서울대학교 KR Korea, Republic of (KR)

How to cite

APA:

Kim, T., Lim, J., Kwak, M., Zhang, B.-T., & Yang, S.H. (2019). WithDorm: Dormitory solution for linking roommates. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2019. Taipei, TW: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.

MLA:

Kim, Taehyeong, et al. "WithDorm: Dormitory solution for linking roommates." Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2019, Taipei Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2019.

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