Multimedia Café

Albert Chang, Shawn Joseph, Christine Le, Takako Nunomura,

David Roth

Selected Initial Learning Commons Requirements

Provide flexible, multi-use space and services.

Promote cross-disciplinary inquiry and discourse.

Create a sense of community where students, faculty, researchers, staff and community both contribute to and take from a knowledge creation and dissemination process

Our reason

Students don’t have a place to eat, drink, study, access computers, relax, and socialize in one location.

Proposed Solution

Multimedia Café Addresses the problem description

Provides multi-use space. Creates a community where students of different

disciplines can come and work together.

Café Requirements

Access to food and drinksStudy and eat/drink concurrentlyStudy individuallyStudy in groupsRelax/leisure time Work Tables

FoodBooks

ComputersCaffeine

+_Couches__ STUDENT HAVEN!

Initial Design: Café Functionalities

Group Tables w/ computer terminals – group work

Internet Bar & Work Tables – individual work

Coffee & Snack Counter – food/drinksCoffee Tables & Couches –

relaxation/leisure

Initial Design: Other Functionalities

Restroom AccessWireless Internet ADA approved access

Can be used by visually, hearing, and mobility impaired users.

Initial Design: Layout

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User Data Collection

We surveyed approximately 100 students in the reserve room, in the CSLs, and in The Park.

User Data Collection Results

90% said they liked the idea of the Café

74% said they would use the Café at least occasionally

Use of Multimedia Cafe

7%

19%

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24%

10%

1: Never

2: Seldom

3: Occasionally

4: Regularly

5: Frequently

Do you like the idea of a Multimedia Cafe?

90%

10%

yes

no

Types of work done

73% said the Café would be useful for individual work

81% said the Café group tables would be useful

Usefulness for Individual Work

17%

10%

27%24%

22%1: Never

2: Seldom

3: Occasionally

4: Regularly

5: Frequently

Use of Group Tables

3%16%

28%34%

19%1: Never

2: Seldom

3: Occasionally

4: Regularly

5: Frequently

Barnes & Noble’s Starbucks Evaluation

Surveyed similar system Food/drink selection Study environment for both individual & group

work Access wireless internet (T-Mobile Hotspot) Access to books and study materials

Barnes & Noble’s Starbucks Evaluation

• Good things Lots of access to magazines Quiet atmosphere Food and drink available

Barnes & Noble’s Starbucks Evaluation

Bad things Tables only for customers Wireless only for T-mobile subscribers Laptops were only computer access No database for searching books

So you built a diorama?

After doing 3 projects on the internet café we wanted to build something that would bring all the pieces together.

So we built a prototype based on our initial brainstorming and storyboard, the user survey’s we conducted, and our usability evaluation.

Aspects that changed due to user input

Coffee tables and group tables were switched to put the loud group tables closer to the coffee bar.

Added a central aisle to promote easier movement.

Added a magazine stand inside.Added high quality printing.

Prototype – Layout & Group Tables

Prototype – Lounge & Internet Bar

Prototype – Individual Workstations & Bathrooms

Prototype – Café Bar

Final Assessment

We feel that the data we gathered help us to make the Café more user-centered.

Based on the reactions we received and our own opinions we feel that a Multimedia Café would be a good addition to campus.

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Questions and Comments

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