{"id":2482,"date":"2024-05-27T15:04:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T15:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascnet.ie\/inclusion4eu-website\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2026-01-24T10:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:27:46","slug":"connectivity-model-for-inclusive-ux-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ascnet.ie\/inclusion4eu-website\/connectivity-model-for-inclusive-ux-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Connectivity Model for Inclusive UX Design\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2482\" class=\"elementor elementor-2482\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16f55de3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16f55de3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56962468\" data-id=\"56962468\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-522552b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"522552b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Connectivity_Model_for_Inclusive_UX_Design\"><\/span>Connectivity Model for Inclusive UX Design <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ce2440 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-end elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"33ce2440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-hashtag\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Inclusion<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d196128 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3d196128\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cf736be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cf736be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15c4d25d\" data-id=\"15c4d25d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c6234e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c6234e4\" 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data-id=\"6b7ba277\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>California State University Long Beach, USA\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Leeds Beckett University, UK\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-54c74b2a\" data-id=\"54c74b2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-158a5f48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"158a5f48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_case\"><\/span>The case<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27044a7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27044a7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The case study focuses on a new approach to making User Experience Design research more inclusive by using an approach called the \u201cConnectivity Model\u201d to more easily include persons with autism in the participation process. User Experience (UX) Design is the process of designing a product or service so that a user has maximum satisfaction in using it, through user research, usability testing and iterative design. Using an inclusive design approach is an important step in achieving that goal, but the inclusion of persons with autism in participating group can sometimes be challenging, potentially due to their lack of sufficient cognitive ability or language skills to participate in the research process in meaningful ways. Further, lecturers and teachers may be reluctant to include such persons due to institutional regulations and ethical concerns.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The \u201cConnectivity Model\u201d avoids the requirement for complex ethical clearance by facilitating observations via recorded videos. It analyses user behaviour looking at social, emotional, behavioural, physical and motivational needs, and considers constraints such as ability in the areas of physical, cognitive, and developmental areas.\u00a0<\/p><p>This approach was used as part of the Play\u2022IT project to design an educational game that mediates social interactions between children, and specifically between children who on the autism spectrum and those who are not. The emphasis is on co-creating a solution that addresses the social, communication and behaviour skills needed by children on an equal basis. The approach was considered successful as all designers were able to conduct the UXD research and apply it to their designs.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16209340 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16209340\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75dbb1f4\" data-id=\"75dbb1f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68c5805f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"68c5805f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5eee4e83 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5eee4e83\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3baf2ddb\" data-id=\"3baf2ddb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9851081 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9851081\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"References\"><\/span>References<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cfdc882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cfdc882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Satterfield, Debra, and Marc Fabri. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-319-58634-2_15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">User participatory methods for inclusive design and research in autism: A case study in teaching UX design.<\/a>&#8221; In <em>Design, User Experience, and Usability: Theory, Methodology, and Management: 6th International Conference, DUXU<\/em> 2017, Proceedings, Part I 6, pp. 186-197. 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