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Human-Technology Interaction: Basics, Lectures

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Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Data Processing and Information Technology

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Hervanta Campus

City Centre Campus

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1) Key terminology in the field of human-technology interaction, 2) Design principles and guidelines to support design and evaluation of user interfaces, 3) Practicing UI sketching with a digital tool, 4) Conducting and reporting a heuristic evaluation of a website.&#8203;

After completing this course the student...<ul><li>Understands the relevance and value of usability and user experience for people as users of information technology, for software business, and for the society as a whole, and how these concepts are influenced by various contextual and personal factors.&#8203;</li><li>Recognizes different ways of human-technology interaction. Has knowledge of the history of human-technology interaction. Is aware of interaction trends and the role of ethics and sustainability in design.&#8203;</li><li>Knows how to apply human-centred design methods in practice: applying models of human-technology interaction; creating preliminary sketches of user interfaces; utilizing design and evaluation principles in expert evaluation.&#8203;</li><li>Understands common practices in usability and user experience work in relation to agile product development.&#8203;</li></ul>

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Donald Norman, The Design of Everyday Things, Revised and Expanded Edition (2013)Helen Sharp, Jennifer Preece &amp; Yvonne Rogers, Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction, Fifth edition (2019)Norman, D. A. (2013). The design of everyday things (Rev. and exp. ed.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.Sharp, H., Preece, J. &amp; Rogers, Y. (2019). Interaction design: Beyond human-computer interaction (Fifth edition.). Indianapolis, IN: Wiley.

Lectures in Hervanta and weekly exercises at both campuses, remotely when necessary. Lectures are recorded. Project work. Moodle includes pretask assignments for weekly exercises, self-study modules and final exam.

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