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SWIM Method(also: Someone Who Isn't Me, SWIM Technique, SWIM Video Prompts)

A participatory design technique where fictional characters ("someone who isn't me") are used in narrative scenarios to help co-designers envision and discuss technology concepts without the cognitive burden of self-reference. Particularly valuable in accessibility research with…

Service Learning(also: Community-Based Learning)

A teaching method that combines academic instruction with meaningful community service, allowing students to learn through hands-on participation that addresses real needs. In accessibility education, service learning often involves students working directly with people with…

Situated Learning

A theory of learning, associated with Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger, which holds that knowledge is not primarily abstract information transferred between minds but an embodied practice acquired through doing things in a real social context with other practitioners. In…

Situated Play Design(also: SPD)

Situated Play Design is a design approach developed by Altarriba Bertran and colleagues that treats play as something emergent from a specific social, physical, and cultural setting rather than something to be engineered into a generic product. It combines ethnographic…

Study Circle(also: Folkbildning, Learning Circle)

A democratic, non-formal adult education method originating in Nordic countries where a small group of people meet regularly to discuss and learn about a specific topic. Unlike traditional classroom instruction, study circles have no teacher—instead, a facilitator guides…

Surrogate Users(also: Proxy Users)

Individuals who stand in for actual end users during design and evaluation processes, typically used when direct user involvement is impractical, ethically problematic, or insufficient. In accessibility research, surrogate users may include actors trained to portray people with…

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