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COURSE PRESENTATION FORM - TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT - 2009/2010


COURSE NAME: Technology Assessment

COURSE CODE: 70061

LECTURER: Michael Haller

TEACHING ASSISTANTS: Andrea Janes

TEACHING LANGUAGE: English

CREDIT POINTS: 4

LECTURE HOURS: 24

EXERCISE HOURS: 12

TIMESPAN: 22.02.2010 - 12.06.2010

TIMETABLE: see Timetable Page

OFFICE HOURS LECTURER: During the lecture time span: Thursday, 8pm - 10pm,  POS, Office no. 2.10.

OFFICE HOURS TEACHING ASSISTANTS: --

PREREQUISITES

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OBJECTIVES
Students will learn the fundamental concepts of user-centered design thinking. Students will work in teams of two on an interaction design project that is supported by lectures, readings, and discussions. Topics will include User Centered Design, Human, Attention, Perception, Recognition, Prototyping (low-fidelity, high-fidelity), Human Performance Models (e.g., Hick’s Law, Fitts’ Law, Keystroke-Level Model), Design Evaluation, Heuristics, and Quantitative & Qualitative Evaluation.

SYLLABUS
  1. Motivation & Introduction
  2. Interaction Design & Prototyping
  3. Evaluation Methods
  4. Users Perception and Human Performance Models
  5. Natural User Interfaces
  6. Evaluation Methods and Data Analysis
TEACHING FORMAT
Projects in team

ASSESSMENT
project [60 % of mark] + final oral exam/presentation (oral or both) [40 %]

READING LIST
Will be announced during class

SOFTWARE USED

LEARNING OUTCOME
Students will learn the fundamental concepts of user-centered design thinking
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