Notices

Course results will be available from Monday, November 9, from John or Torborg. If you have any questions about the grading contact Kei (design project) or John (all other work).

The deadline for submission of all exam work is now November 2.

We meet in MA202 from 10.15 to 13.00 (note new finishing time).
Class topics: Design and Emotion, course wrap-up, brainstorming with Ida.

We will review Readings-3 and -4. Be prepared to present and discuss.

The class on Thursday October 8 will take place from 10.15 to 12.00 in Room MA226. Be ready to present and discuss Group Exercise 3!

Find an example of a public info space
a place where the physical affects the virtual and the virtual affects the physical.

• Describe the physical and virtual aspects of such a space
• How do they relate to each other?
• How can it be considered as a whole, as an information space?
• In what ways does a user interact with the space?

Navigation of the space
How do people find what they want?

• Landmarks? Agents? Other ways?
• Consider both physical and virtual aspects
• Is the space well designed or not?

What do people do in addition to navigation?

• How is navigation integrated into activities?
• How does this space compare with other public spaces?

Methods: observation, participant use, reflection

• Capture with photos
• Tell a story with images (and words)

Future:

• How could the information space be improved?
• Better blending of physical and virtual into coherent UI?

We meet in Room MC413, for the presentation of your findings from Group Exercise 2 (below).

Design for user experience-1, with Kei Hoshi, Sept 17, 10-12, MA226.

Extra session on Sept 18, 13-15, MA226 to review readings-2.

• You are a design team given the task of producing a new breakthrough in mobile phone design.
• Find at least 2 people (not yourselves, not course members, not family or friends) and
• Interview them for up to 30 minutes about how they feel about their current mobile phone, and what they would like improved or added.
• You will need to plan what to ask them in advance.
• During the interview, have them demonstrate what they think are the best features, letting them talk you through it as they do so.
• You might want to record what they say, with an audio or video recorder, or not.
• Present your findings, including the method you used to get the information, how good it was, and how useful the information might be.

New place for class on Monday, Sept 7: N230, 10-12

Go out in pairs
Find an interactive system in public use
Observe people using it, and make notes

Can include observation of each other
First time versus experienced

Good and bad points
Think in terms of
     PACT: People, Activities, Context, Technology, and
     Mental models: Physical, perceptual, conceptual

Sept 3 10-12 in MA226 - Introduction to HCI-1: the course
John Waterworth