Interaction

2019/2020

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The project aims to create or explore an interaction. It could, for example be a man-machine interaction, a human-human interaction or human-machine-human interaction.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

  • Understand the fundamental aspects of the designed/examined interaction.
  • Understand the psychological concepts that are either related to or possibly can describe the designed/examined interaction.
  • Understand methods for the measurement of the designed/examined interaction influence on humans.

Skills

  • Can design a prototype which is part of/or which can be used in connection with the designed/investigated interaction.
  • Can measure on the designed/examined interaction with an aim of investigating the influence on humans.
  • Can with the relevant tools analyse the measured data from this could account for the interaction’s influence on humans.

Competences

  • Can synthesize the above information into a holistic understanding of the designed/examined the interaction and its influence on humans.

Can

  • Design and prototype manufacture a product using knowledge of applied cognitive psychology, to improve the human’s experience of a product. The improvement of the interaction could be measured through various user experience tests where a later statistical analysis could give a concrete estimate of the interaction’s influence on the user.

or

  • Investigate a given interaction, in order to provide design guidelines, suggestions for improvement, or a design concept that can increase or improve the interaction’s influence on the user.

Type of instruction

Project work

  • A report

or

  • A scientific paper, in conjunction with edited work sheets documenting the various details of the project.

Exam

Exams

Name of examInteraction
Type of exam
Oral exam based on a project
ECTS15
Assessment7-point grading scale
Type of gradingExternal examination
Criteria of assessmentThe criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the module

Danish titleInteraktion
Module codeESNPDPK2
Module typeProject
Duration1 semester
SemesterSpring
ECTS15
Language of instructionDanish
Empty-place SchemeYes
Location of the lectureCampus Aalborg
Responsible for the module

Organisation

Study BoardStudy Board of Electronics and IT
DepartmentDepartment of Electronic Systems
FacultyTechnical Faculty of IT and Design