Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• The iterative process of interaction design (different life cycle models) (application)
• User centered methods for design (application)
• Methods for user tests (application)
• Conceptualizing interaction (understanding)
• Characterize users and their needs, preferences and capabilities (understanding)
• Conceptual design and using prototypes in design (application)
• Data gathering (application)
• Data analysis and interpretation: (application)
  • Qualitative (identifying recurring patterns and themes, categorizing data, looking for critical incidence etc.)
  • Quantative analysis including basic descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency (mean, median and mode) and variability (standard deviation and variance)
• Graphical data representation (knowledge)
• Physical computing (i.e., designing interfaces which go beyond the traditional graphical user interfaces) from a designer perspective (understanding)
• The concept of designing and building lo-fi and hi-fi prototypes as an integral part of the interative design process and to evaluate these in user tests (understand/apply)
• Applying usability test design of goals and principles such as user friendliness, learnability, likeability, sociability, playability etc. using both:
  • Empirical methods (focus group, questionnaires, interviews, observation, case studies, field studies etc.)
  • Theoretical methods (cognitive walkthroughs, task analysis, heuristic evaluation etc.)
• Understanding techniques processes and issues involved in creating successful physical and virtual interfaces
• Understanding and applying principles and goals for the interaction design of physical and virtual interfaces: Affordances, constraints, mapping, causality, feedback, modes etc.

Skills

• Design (apply) solutions to simple interaction design related problems, including uses in the process
• Understanding and applying how to perform user evaluations
• Ability to demonstrate (application) the concept behind their interface design through conceptual models and sensor data mapping

Competences

• Analyse needs of different target groups
• Compare different user-centred evaluation methods, on a level to decide which of them are applicable and suitable for certain evaluations. Apply and evaluate selected user-centered evaluation methods
• Apply the iterative method for interaction design

Type of instruction

See the general description of the types of instruction described in § 17.

Exam

Exams