How Can We Help Science Through User Experience

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 11 a.m.

b'Mike Morrison is a former web designer turned PhD student in Work Psychology using design and psychology backgrounds to share knowledge.\\n\\n\\n\\nMike defines the user experience (UX) in common web designs today and how UX makes consuming information faster and more efficient in websites or presentations.\\n\\n\\n\\nWith his background in web design, Mike created Twister Poster and Better Poster to improve the way information is presented. Check them out here:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Twitter poster:\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQDL8r3r_d4\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Better poster:\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RwJbhkCA58&t=3s\\n\\n\\n\\nHe describes what is included in the Better Poster and how it compares to other posters usually seen at conferences. He talks about the importance of catching attention and emotion with your poster design.\\n\\n\\n\\nHe explains how to create a Twitter Poster and found this design to be more eye catching to the consumer versus a link or graphic.\\n\\n\\n\\nMike breaks down what information foraging theory is and why it is important to engage your audience with little effort.\\n\\n\\n\\nMike believes there is not a better time then to start and apply UX than during COVID. With the rise in virtual events and increase in technology use, it is time to improve the presentation of your information and make presenting easier.\\n\\n\\n\\nQUOTES\\n\\n\\n\\n41:12 \\u201cIf something is hard to use, people don\\u2019t use it very much\\u201d \\u2013 MIKE\\n\\n\\n\\n30:10 \\u201cEverything that gets in someone\\u2019s brain before they ask you a question about your research will make them ask deeper and better questions.\\u201d \\u2013 MIKE\\n\\n\\n\\n23:14 \\u201cIf you cared about the learning experience, you would use color to stimulate emotion that is relevant to your study.\\u201d \\u2013 MIKE \\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n16:12 \\u201cTo make something engaging, you have to make it more interesting than it is effort.\\u201d \\u2013 MIKE\\n\\n\\n\\n12:48 \\u201cThe strongest information that you can present is getting right to the point\\u201d \\u2013 MIKE\\n\\n\\n\\nPARTING SHOT\\n\\n\\n\\n1:38 \\u201cYou have to stop being frustrated with people for being lazy and start loving people for being lazy\\u201d \\u2013 MIKE'