Beyond Quantitative Goals: Design for Qualitative Goals and their Quantitative Subgoals

Abstract

Goals, as key aspects of users’ motivation, have been much explored in personal informatics and behaviour change, albeit with an emphasis on single-domain, individual, and quantitative goals with limited account for users’ intrinsic motivation. This half-day workshop aims to address these gaps through six underexplored themes focusing on (i) designing for qualitative goals, (ii) extending the measurement of quantitative goals beyond behavioural measures, (iii) accounting for and supporting users’ intrinsic motivation, (iv) critical approach to goal setting, (v) supporting multiple-domain goals and social goals, and (vi) addressing the theoretical gap of technologies for behaviour change and their interventions.