HXD 2019

Engagement is a prerequisite to any successful behavior change intervention, but engagement alone doesn't guarantee a beneficial outcome. If we want to improve outcomes by improving engagement, we need a clear understanding of what characterizes meaningful engagement, how to design for it, and how to measure it. Despite designers' every effort to convince, entice, seduce, trigger, or hook users into interacting with digital technologies, engagement with digital interventions is typically low. In this half-day workshop, we'll cover relevant theories and empirical findings from the engagement literature, introduce a multi-disciplinary model of engagement, and end by taking a deep dive into features and techniques for promoting effective engagement in practice.Learning Objectives:In this workshop, participants will:
1. Develop an understanding of the behavioral and experiential components that make up engagement.
2. Learn what design features and behavior change techniques are most conducive to engagement and how to apply these to your interventions.
3. Explore how to best tailor content, features, interactions & behavior change techniques to fit individual users and their specific needs and contexts.
4. Assess different methods for how to measure engagement.
5. Think critically about simply promoting engagement for engagement’s sake and instead considering how to establish “effective engagement” or just enough engagement with your intervention or service to achieve desired outcomes.