Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Recommended professional prerequisites: insight into basic HCI, including design of graphical user interfaces, evaluation of usability, and prototyping

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Disclaimer.
This is an English translation of the module. In case of discrepancy between the translation and the Danish version, the Danish version of the module is valid.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

The student must gain knowledge of challenges and opportunities in user interaction with mobile devices, systems and services, or interaction in mobile contexts. This includes focus on technology, interaction, and usage context. In relation to this, the student must gain knowledge about the design of interaction, and the evaluation of usability and user experience.

Possible topics include:

• interaction design for small displays
• interaction design for small physical devices
• interaction design for mobile use, and dynamic usage
• contexts multi- and / or cross-device interaction
• digital ecologies
• wearables
• methods / techniques for evaluating mobile usability of user experience
• methods / techniques simulation of mobility and context
• advantages and disadvantages of resp. lab and field evaluation
• longitudinal field studies, experimental control and ecological validity

Skills

• be able to design and empirically evaluate interaction design / user interfaces for mobile devices, systems and services.
• be able to select and apply appropriate mobile technologies for a given context of use, select and apply appropriate interaction techniques
• be able to select and apply appropriate evaluation methods.

Competences

master principles of interaction design and evaluation for mobile devices, systems and services and be able to select and apply these in mobile usage scenarios

Type of instruction

Extent and expected workload

The student is expected to spend 27.5 hours per ECTS, which for this activity means 137.5 hours.

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Mobile HCI
Type of exam	Written or oral exam
ECTS	5
Assessment	7-point grading scale
Type of grading	Internal examination
Criteria of assessment	The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Additional information