User engagement is a highly desired feature of user interfaces, yet it fails to sufficiently articulate the most extreme type of engagement - flow. The measurement of flow in this paper was motivated by action research participation at the initial field test of the “Preparing for Bushfire” touch table Tangible User Interface (TUI) (Brown et al. 2015). It was evident that measuring engagement alone would not adequately describe and quantify the engrossed behaviour demonstrated by the general public participants. A Flow Index was constructed to measure and quantify the level of intense focus. Since no standard Flow Index exists, this paper outlines the development process of the construction of the index, including its mathematical validation. It then shows how the Flow Index was used to assess success or failure of the implemented user interface design that was strategically designed for high engagement. The flow was measured during the TUI “Preparing for Bushfire” study using 64 adult members of the general public.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of the 28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (OzCHI 2016)
Editors
C Parker
Pagination
634-636
ISBN
978-1-4503-4618-4
Department/School
School of Engineering
Publisher
ACM
Place of publication
New York, USA
Event title
28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction
Event Venue
Launceston, Tasmania
Date of Event (Start Date)
2016-11-29
Date of Event (End Date)
2016-12-02
Rights statement
Copyright 2016 the Author
Repository Status
Open
Socio-economic Objectives
Other environmental management not elsewhere classified