Author Archives: kreaselee

In my post “Unsolved HCI: Online Teaching“, I discussed the issue of online learning and digital classrooms and how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has raised the demand of efficient virtual learning environments. For this present project, I continued to work with Perrin and Daniel in designing an online learning platform aimed at increasing engagement asContinue reading “Unsolved HCI Part 2: The Design”

“Good design” is difficult to define. Many factors can determine what makes a design good and, inevitably, good design is subjective. However, from reading about design, learning about design, and designing myself, I established a couple of points on how I understand good design. Design should (not) be intuitive. From the perspective of a user,Continue reading “Design is.”

We live our lives surrounded by all kinds of technology from fundamentals such as computers and phones to novelties such as smart watches and AI assistants. Like a cycle, we constantly develop new technology to support our lifestyles and we naturally modify our lifestyles to integrate this technology. However, although improvements are constantly being made,Continue reading “Unsolved HCI: Online Teaching”

Chatbots. From ELIZA to Alexa, we have come to live in a world where we are no longer conversing with just other people. While these chatbots hold no actual life, certain attributes sometimes make it almost easy to forget that there is no actual person on the other side of these conversations. Why is that?Continue reading “SIA, Your (non-human) Student Interview Assistant.”

The present project can be seen as a sequel to the content in my previous blog post. There, I discussed the user needs and potential issues of the current course registration system of Occidental College. To address some those issues, for this assignment, I partnered up with a fellow classmate, Sara, in an attempt toContinue reading “Course Registration: A Redesign”

Course registration. The stressful, but unavoidable period of time that comes around every semester to devastate the students of Occidental College.  Okay, well … perhaps course registration isn’t that bad. However, when you ask Oxy students for their thoughts of the course registration process, I can assure you most students would agree that it is notContinue reading “The Woes of Course Registration.”