{"id":1781,"date":"2020-09-16T08:06:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T07:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2023-02-11T06:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T06:37:11","slug":"esb-evaluation-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/2020\/09\/16\/esb-evaluation-results\/","title":{"rendered":"ESB Evaluation Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve now been through all 34 ESBs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Electronic-Story-Board-Evaluation-Notes-for-pwofc.com_.xlsx\">made notes of between 30 and 300 words on my interaction with each one<\/a>. This entry analyses those notes and derives some implications for the design of ESBs. The analysis assessed each part of the notes text and identified specific actions or observations as an itemised list. After completing this exercise for all 34 books, the itemised lists were inspected and generic statements derived for each item. For example, specific item d) for Book No 17 was \u2018Read press release of merger\u2019, and from this the generic statement \u2018Prompted me to look at the related facts in the iPad version\u2019 was derived. The generic statements were gradually standardised as the analysis proceeded and during a subsequent refinement process. The standardised generic statements were then grouped into two main sets (ESB Composition, and Reader Behaviour) and placed into one of seven categories \u2013 Layout, Content, Impact, Information access\/search prompted, Facts discovered\/re-discovered, Thoughts generated, and Reflections about the book. The generic statements, and the number of books for which a particular statement occurred, are shown in the following table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Table-A-Interactions-with-Electronic-Story-Boards-about-34-Books.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Table-A-Interactions-with-Electronic-Story-Boards-about-34-Books-1024x960.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Table-A-Interactions-with-Electronic-Story-Boards-about-34-Books-1024x960.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Table-A-Interactions-with-Electronic-Story-Boards-about-34-Books-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Table-A-Interactions-with-Electronic-Story-Boards-about-34-Books-768x720.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Table-A-Interactions-with-Electronic-Story-Boards-about-34-Books-320x300.png 320w, https:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Table-A-Interactions-with-Electronic-Story-Boards-about-34-Books.png 1055w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><strong>Observations relating to ESB composition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The observations relating to the design of the ESB fall into the following categories: Layout, Content, and Impact.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Layout:<\/strong> All the ESBs were assembled using a standard template in which the book\u2019s spine was placed in the centre of the page with the front cover immediately underneath it. Related points were placed around these two elements with those more intimately related to the book being closest to them. However, some of the spines and covers were smaller than others, and this clearly made a difference. In one case the spine was not recognisable, and in another it was mistaken for the wrong book. Another observation recorded that a cover was particularly noticeable. A related observation noted that some text on one of the related facts on an ESB was too small to read.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Content:<\/strong> There were several remarks about the range of material on the ESBs such as \u2018Lot in the ESB\u2019, \u2018very interesting ESB\u2019, \u2018ESB seems so complete\u2019, and \u2018the range of topics on this ESB is relatively narrow\u2019. One observation pointed out that some information on the ESBs is more familiar than other information. In three instances the presence of photos was remarked upon in a positive way, for example \u2018has photos of people I know\u2019. A feature which was not explicitly remarked upon, but which was identified during the analysis process, was that there were four instances of two ESBs which were related in some way or other.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Impact:<\/strong> Some remarks made it clear that some ESB\u2019s distracted attention from the book and appeared to be texts in their right. For example, \u2018With the ESBs you no longer focus on the book (which is what you do with a physical bookshelf) but on all the other info around it\u2019, and \u2018ESBs have become entities in their own right and the books are fading into the background\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Observations relating to Reader Behaviour with ESBs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The observations relating to reader interaction behaviour with ESBs fall into following categories: Information access and search, Facts discovered\/re-discovered, Thoughts generated, and Reflections about the book.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Information Access and Search:<\/strong> Quite often, a particular element on the ESB seemed to catch the eye (8 specific instances were noted). For example, \u2018Noted that Forbes in 2002 voted it one of 3 most important business books in the last 20 years\u2019, and \u2018Noted that though it is the 53<sup>rd<\/sup> edition it was still fetching \u00a310 on eBay\u2019. Following an initial look at the ESB, I typically sought additional information either by following the link to the book itself (15 instances noted), following the links to the related information (another 15 instances noted \u2013 not necessarily the same 15), and conducting a search on the net (four instances). It is striking that several of the cases in which additional information was sought, involved reading texts I had written (6 instances) or reading documents related to work I had done (8 instances).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Facts Discovered\/Re-discovered: <\/strong>In the course of seeking out additional information, I noted 13 instances in which I rediscovered information I\u2019d forgotten \u2013 nine items I\u2019d forgotten since producing the ESBs, and 4 items I\u2019d forgotten a long time previously. For example, \u2018The ESB confirmed I visited the Media Lab twice and with whom\u2019, and \u2018Noted that at least one was written while I was at NCC\u2019. Furthermore, there were eight instances in which I discovered new facts from within the material that the ESBs were linked to, or from the searches I conducted on the net, for example, \u2018Last page of the book refers to collaboration between NCC and CIMTECH which I\u2019m not sure I heard about\u2019, and \u2018Read Bell\u2019s Wikipedia entry and found he was involved in the design of the Vax computer which DEC gave us for Hicom\u2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thoughts Generated:<\/strong> As one would expect, reading the ESBs and the linked material prompted a whole raft of thoughts. The majority of those noted were related to something I had observed, experienced, or done (17 instances). For example, \u2018Reflected that NCC\u2019s demise is a sad story \u2013 but not, of course for the commercial operation NCC Group\u2019, and \u2018reflected on how right the Future Shock predictions were\u2019, and \u2018Read the last page of the first chapter and thought that the Harry Potter books might have been a more pleasurable experience than the films \u2013 perhaps true for many books.\u2019. In another case, the experiences generated a simmering emotion within me which were re-ignited on reading an ESB. Another set of thoughts were about people I was reminded of \u2013 six instances of these were noted.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reflections about the Books:<\/strong> The notes made on the ESBs included several reflections on the books themselves. Many of these (9 instances) were compliments about the books, for example, \u2018Hardcopy was a nice design and had lots of useful info \u2013 summed up technology and capabilities of the time\u2019, and \u2018Was reminded that this is a great read\u2019. A further two instances recorded a desire to re-read the books concerned again. There were seven observations about my relationship with the books, for example, \u2018Realised I hadn\u2019t looked at the contents of this book for a long time\u2019, and \u2018Book didn\u2019t live up to my expectations\u2019, and \u2018Don\u2019t think I ever read this book but watched the film\u2019. In two cases I reflected on the physical characteristics of the book, for example, \u2018Glad I kept hardcopy since tabbed books are hard to represent in scans\u2019. Finally, for one of the ESBs, I wondered what had happened to the topics covered in the book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Implications for ESB design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The amount of material to include on an ESB is totally dependent on the analysis of the owner\u2019s thoughts about the book. Some books will stimulate the owner more than others. Consequently, some ESBs will inevitably contain more information than others, and be more interesting to the owner than others. However, the most significant finding from the observations about ESB composition is that the ESBs become entities in their own right, and that attention is drawn away from the books around which they are structured. Consequently, the fact that some of the book spines and covers were too small to recognise and read, becomes even more significant. No matter how much material is available to include on the ESB, the book spine and cover must be easily readable.<\/p>\n<p>Two other points regarding ESB content emerged from this investigation: photos of people were highlighted a few times, so it seems worthwhile including such items where possible; and it was noted that some ESBs were related to each other. This latter point could be simply dealt with in the physical versions of the ESBs by adding a note such as \u2018See also ESB #\u2019. However, with a large electronic display it may be more useful to link directly to the related background information rather than to another main ESB \u2013 this aspect has yet to be explored.<\/p>\n<p>Other than these two points, the general design of the ESB\u2019s with the book spine and cover in the centre and other material around it, seems to work well. Of course, with a large electronic display, the constraints of an A4 page would not apply, but the principle of book in the centre with material around it would still apply. However, if the display first presented a bookshelf display of all the spines, from which a book was selected, the ESB would not need the spine and could just display the folded-out dust jacket or the front and back covers \u2013 this aspect too has yet to be explored.<\/p>\n<p>Reader behaviour observations indicated that the links to extracts from the books and to related material, were well used and useful. The fact that net searches were made for additional information, and that new facts were identified in some cases, indicates that a facility to enable a reader to add additional material to a fully electronic ESB might be useful. Readers might also use such a facility to record some of the many thoughts which the observations in this investigation make clear are occurring throughout the interaction with a particular ESB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve now been through all 34 ESBs and made notes of between 30 and 300 words on my interaction with each one. This entry analyses those notes and derives some implications for the design of ESBs. 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