The Reflection Object: An Activity-Theory Informed Concept for Designing for Reflection

Abstract A substantial body of human-computer interaction literature investigates tools that are intended to support reflection, e.g. under the header of quantified self or in computer-mediated learning. These works describe the issues that are reflected on by users in terms of examples, such as ref...

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Published in:Interacting with computers 2021-05, Vol.33 (3), p.295-310
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