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MW Smith: Work Products



This is a selection of presentations, reports, design concepts, etc. representing my work history.


Information Analysis

Presentation at Army Research Lab project meeting on C/S/E/L's work on cognitive challenges in intelligence analysis and reading intent:
link to presentation pdf (3.4 MB)

Topic Landscape on Faction Analysis: Introduction to factions as a test case for analysis of social systems, and methods to support exploration of complex systems via navigation through representations:
link to web page


Instructional Systems Design and Evaluation

Reports for Florida's Teaching Nursing Home program on needs assessment, usability and evaluation studies for GeriU online learning management system functions, and computer-assisted training materials in geriatrics for health care workers:
Teaching Nursing Home Deliverables main page
2001–2002 Deliverables (esp. D2, E1-2, F1, I2)
2002–2003 Deliverables (esp. C1, F2)
2003–2004 Deliverables (esp. A1, C2, D2, E1, H1)
2004–2005 Deliverables (esp. A1, B1, E1)
2005–2006 Deliverables (esp. I pt. 1, III)

Examples of interactive multi-media training modules that I was involved in (contributing to both instructional and user interface design).
Mini-Mental State Exam tutorial (flash web page)
Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment (flash web page)
Depression in Homecare (flash web page)
Sample screenshots from above modules


Coordination

Presentation and paper on handoffs in healthcare at ECSCW'07 workshop:
link to presentation web page
link to paper pdf

Exploratory exercise in coordination using the convoy problem:
link to web page


HCI and Computer Control & Display

Installation wizard for networked multi-function product for the home and small office market (first of this type of product to support home network installation)
link to web page

Setup guide for modular multi-function printer/scanner/copier. The revisions to the earlier version of the guide (based on human factors input and usability testing) are estimated to have cut setup problems in half.
link to web page

Software User Interface examples from Multi-Function device
Fax phonebook software UI
Scanning software UI

Research article on age differences in control of a computer mouse and performance of direct manipulation tasks:
Smith MW, Sharit J, & Czaja SJ (1999). Aging, Motor Control, and the Performance of Computer Mouse Tasks. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 41(3), 389-396.
link to pdf