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In this chapter we discuss the use of external sources of data in designing conversational dialogues. We focus on applications in behavior change around physical activity involving dialogues that help users better understand their self-tracking data and motivate healthy behaviors. We start by introducing the areas of behavior change and personal informatics and discussing the importance of self-tracking data in these areas. We then introduce the role of reflective dialogue-based counseling systems in this domain, discuss specific value that self-tracking data can bring, and how it can be used in creating the dialogues. The core of the chapter focuses on six practical examples of design of dialogues involving self-tracking data that we either tested in our research or propose as future directions based on our experiences. We end the chapter by discussing how the design principles for involving external data in conversations can be applied to broader domains. Our goal for this chapter is to share our experiences, outline design principles, highlight several design opportunities in external data-driven computer-based conversations, and encourage the reader to explore creative ways of involving external sources of data in shaping dialogues-based interactions.
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Kocielnik, R., Hsieh, G., Avrahami, D. (2018). Helping Users Reflect on Their Own Health-Related Behaviors. In: Moore, R., Szymanski, M., Arar, R., Ren, GJ. (eds) Studies in Conversational UX Design. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95579-7_5
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