TIE-40206 Cross-Cultural Design, 3 cr

Implementation TIE-40206 2016-01

Description

After the course the student can explain what is multi-cultural design and how one can make sure that a product fits to different cultures. The student can define what culture as a concept means, what kind of levels of culture there are, how cultures differ from each other and how they affect on interaction with products. The student can explain different approaches and methods related to multi-cultural design, and apply the learnings from the course to the cross-cultural design in practice. One can communicate with representatives of different cultures and study their needs and expectations of technology.

Lessons

Period 3
Methods of instruction Luento, Tentti
Person responsible Aino Ahtinen, Thomas Olsson

Assessment scale

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Additional information of course implementation

The electronic EXAM periods: First exam: 27.2.-12.3.2017 Second exam: 17.-23.4.2017 Third exam: in September, to be announced later

Exam Tue 23.08.2016 17:00 - 20:00
TIE-40206 Cross-Cultural Design/Lec/01 (*) Tue 10.01.2017 10:00 - 12:00
TIE-40206 Cross-Cultural Design/Lec/01 (*) Tue 17.01.2017 10:00 - 12:00
TIE-40206 Cross-Cultural Design/Lec/01 (*) Tue 24.01.2017 10:00 - 12:00
TIE-40206 Cross-Cultural Design/Lec/01 (*) Tue 31.01.2017 10:00 - 12:00
TIE-40206 Cross-Cultural Design/Lec/01 (*) Tue 07.02.2017 10:00 - 12:00
TIE-40206 Cross-Cultural Design/Lec/01 (*) Tue 14.02.2017 10:00 - 12:00
TIE-40206 Cross-Cultural Design/Lec/01 (*) Tue 21.02.2017 10:00 - 12:00

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN Additional information Language Examination material
Book Usability and Internationalization of Information Technology Nuray Aykin English No
Lecture slides English Yes