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week 1
9/3 |
introduction |
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week 2
9/10 |
Topic: Cognition and the physical environment
Readings: Norman Ch 1,2; Colin Ware Ch 1,2 |
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week 3
9/17 |
Topic: Cognition and the physical environment, cont.
Readings: Ware Ch 3,4
Due: Tentative presentation topics
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week 4
9/24 |
Topic: Visual attention, “locus” of attention
Readings: Ware Ch 5; Jeff Raskin Ch 2
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week 5
10/1 |
Topic: Space perception and interface design, gestalt principles
Readings: Ware Ch 6,7; Mullet and Sano, Ch 4
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week 6
10/8 |
Topic: Research Design
Readings: Creswell Ch 1-6
Due: Class presentations
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week 7
10/15 |
Topic: Research Design
Readings: Creswell Ch 8-10, research
proposal
Due: Class presentations
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week 8
10/22 |
Topic: Designing for children
Readings: Alison Druin, et al., Ch 3,6,7
Due: Class presentations
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week 9
10/29 |
Topic: Images and words, metaphors
Readings: Ware Ch 8,9; Lanham, Ch ??
Due: Research project ideas
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week 10
11/5 |
Topic: Memory and learning, the structure of conversation
Readings: Norman, Ch 3,4; Richard Wurman Ch 6, pp. 111-120
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week 11
11/12 |
Topic: Mental mapping and “cognitive friction”
Readings: Norman, Ch 5,6,7; Alan Cooper Ch 2
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week 12
11/19 |
Topic: Cognition and the cultural environment
Readings: Hugh Beyer and Karen Holtzblatt, Ch 6
Due: Draft of research project design |
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week 13
11/26 |
no class |
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week 14
12/3 |
Workshop research project designs |
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week 15
12/10 |
Topic: Research Project Presentations |
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final exam
12/17 |
Topic: Research Project Presentations
Due: Final research project design |
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Class on Tuesday, 10/29, is cancelled. Please read Norman ch
3-7 and Ware ch 8-9 for Tuesday, 11/5.
P.S. Remember that your topic for your final research design
project is due on Nov 5.
9/18
Look for possible research articles in the following online
indexes:
- PsychInfo
- SSI
- SS Abstracts
You can also do a CarlWeb search on human computer interaction.
9/17
Your topic for the research presentation will be due on Sep
24. Include a one-page, single-spaced description of what your topic
is, what resources you anticipate using, and how it relates to interface
or interaction design. |
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