HCC Calendar

week 1
8/31
 introduction
week 2
9/7
 Topic: Humans and Technology
Readings: Norman Ch 1-5 (lecture)
Due: find and discuss an example of a human-centered and a non-human-centered interface
week 3
9/14
 Topic: Processing information
Readings: Carroll Ch 4,6 (lecture)
Due: response paper
week 4
9/21
 Topic: Finding information
Readings: Carroll Ch 7, handout (lecture)
Due: response paper
week 5
9/28
 Topic: Visual perception and interface design, gestalt principles
Readings: Carroll Ch 2; Mullet and Sano Ch 4 (handout) (lecture)
Due: response paper
week 6
10/5
 Topic: Color, space perception and locus of attention
Readings: Ware Ch 4,5
Due: response paper
(lecture)
week 7
10/12
 Topic: Motion, patterns, and structure
Readings: Ware Ch 6,7
Due: response paper
week 8
10/19
 Topic: Motor functions
Readings: Carroll Ch 3, handout (Fitt's law) (quiz)
Due: response paper
week 9
10/26
 Topic: Special populations
Readings: Druin Ch 3,6; handouts (lecture)
Due: One page statement of interest
week 10
11/2
 Topic: Distributed cognition
Readings: Carroll Ch 8,9; Norman Ch 6 (dist. cog.) (contextual)
Due: response paper
week 11
11/9
 Topic: Activity theory
Readings: Carroll Ch 11
Due: response paper
week 12
11/16
 Topic: Language and interactive learning
Readings: Vygotsky handout; Mayer Ch 1-4, 8 (lecture)
Due: response paper
week 13
11/23
 no class
week 14
11/30
 Topic: Pleasure and cognition (lecture)
Readings: Norman Emotion & Design Ch 1-3
week 15
12/7
 Topic: Research Project Presentations
final exam
12/14
 Topic: Research Project Presentations