Rogers, Y., Sharp, H., Preece, J. Interaction design : beyond human-computer interaction. 3rd ed., Wiley, 2011, pp. 456 ff.

“DECIDE: A Framework to Guide Evaluation

1. Determine the goals

2. Explore the questions

3. Choose the evaluation methods

4. Identify the practical issues

5. Decide how to deal with the ethical issues

6. Evaluate, analyze, interpret, and present the data.”

According to this framework, we can design, plan, and conduct our study. Our main goals have been determined Exploring Interactive Theater – The Goals. Based on that the question are to be asked by the mini-project groups (blog post for “Research Questions” can be found here). Together we can than decide which method or combination of methods are appropriate to get answers to our research questions. A post about possible methods & their relevance for our project can be found Data Gathering Techniques. After that we can continue with step 4 & 5: We can filter the practical issues based on the design-tech development processes & the methods to apply. Furtehrmore, we can take ethical concerns into account. The last main part is the evaluation itself – firstly, we have to prepare e.g. questions & guidelines for interviews or we have to setup cameras for observation purposes, then we will collect the data during the rehearsals & plays. Afterwards, we can analyze them & make interpretations for publishing our exploration results.