| Date |
Technical Lecture Topic |
Reading Material |
Activity |
| Session 1 8/28/2008 |
Introduction, Basics |
Chapter: Introduction
A Moving Target: The evolution of HCI
Page 1-24
Selected Reading:Cognitive Ergonomics: It’s all in the mind
Erik Hollnagel, Ergonomics 1997, Vol; No 10 |
Project Team constitution Project Allocation Start Project 1 -No Quiz |
| Session 2 9/4/2008 |
Theoretical Foundations: Cognition and Information Processing: perception, and representation, memory, Constructivist Theories Ecological Theories, Affordances, |
The HCI Handbook: Chapter 1 Perceptual-Motor Interaction – Some Implication for HCI Timothy N. Welsh , Daniel L Weeks & al. Page 27-42
Selected Reading: Motor Behavior Models for Human-Computer Interaction, Scott MacKenzie, In HCI Models, Theories and Frameworks
Selected Reading S-R Compatibility: Spatial Characteristics of Stimulus and Response Codes Paul M. Fitts Journal of Experimental Psychology |
Quiz 1 |
| Session 3 9/11/2008 |
Theoretical Foundations |
The HCI Handbook: Chapter 2 Human Information Processing: An Overview for Human-Computer Interaction Proctor and Vu Page 43- 62
The HCI Handbook: Chapter 3 Mental Models In HCI Stephen J. Payne Page 63-77 Selected Reading Ecological Approach, J.R. Rajdukiewicz and K.J. Vincente |
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| Session 4 9/18/2008 |
Theoretical Foundations in HCI |
Selected Reading: The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction, Stuart Card, Thomas P. Moran, Allen Newell. |
Quiz 3 Submit Project 1 Start Project 2 |
| Session 5 9/25/2008 |
Visual Design Principles for Usable Interfaces |
The HCI Handbook:Visual Design Principles for Usable Interfaces, Susanne Watzman, Page 329--355
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Quiz 4 |
| Session 6 10/02/2008 |
Human Error Identification in Human-computer Interaction |
The HCI Handbook: Human Error Identification in Human—Computer Interaction Neville A. Stanton Page 147-158 Selected Reading:Categorization of Action Slips, Donald Norman
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Quiz 5 |
| Session 7 10/09/2008 |
User Profiling- Infomation Foraging |
The HCI Handbook:Chapter 51
Putting Persona to Work
Tamara Adlin, John Pruittt
991-1016
Selected Reading:Information Foraging Theory: Framework and Method, Peter Pirolli, Series in Human-Technology Interaction, Oxford University Press, 2007
Selected Reading:The Ecology of Information Foraging on the World Wide Web, Peter Pirolli, Series in Human-Technology Interaction, Oxford University Press, 2007
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Quiz 6 |
| Session 8 10/16/2008 |
Midterm |
The HCI Handbook:Prototyping Tools and Techniques
Michel Beaudouin Lafon and Wendy Mackay Page
1017-1040 |
Quiz 7- Submit Project 2 Start Project 3
Midterm
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| Session 9 10/23/2008 |
User Research Methodology: Task Analysis |
The HCI Handbook: Task Analysis Chapter 48 Catherine Courage, Janice Redish and Dennis Wixon Page 927-949
The HCI Handbook: Chapter 49 Continual Design Karen Holtzblatt Page 949-963 The HCI Handbook: Chapter 50 Ethnographical Approach to Design Jeanette Blomberg, Mark Burrell Page 965-988
Selected Reading: Information Processing and Skilled Behavior Bonnie E. John In HCI Models, Theories, and Frameworks Edited by John M. Carroll ISBN 1-55860-808-7 |
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| Session 10 10/30/2008 |
Method for Evaluating User Interfaces 1 |
The HCI Handbook: Chapter 59
Inspection-based Evaluations
Cockton, Lavery and Woolych
Page 1171-1190,
Selected Reading: Optimizing Heuristic Evaluation Process in E-Commerce: Use of the Tagushi Method Chen Ling and Gavriel Salvendy. Journal of HCI 23(3) 271-287- 2007 |
Quiz 9 |
| Session 11 11/06/2008 |
Method for Evaluating User Interfaces 2 |
The HCI Handbook: Chapter 57 Usability Testing: Current Practice and Future Directions Joseph S. Dumas Page 1129-1149 |
Quiz 10
Submit Project 3
Start Project 4 |
| Session 12 11/13/2008 |
User Experience and Software Development |
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Quiz 11 |
| Session 13 11/20/2008 |
Universal Design and Accessibility in User Interface Design |
The HCI Handbook: Chapter 43 Perceptual Impairments and Computing Technologies Julie A. Jacko, Holly S. Vitense, and Ingrid U.S Page 853-884 The HCI Handbook: Chapter 45 Computing Technologies For Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users Vicki, L. Hanson Page 885-893 Selected Reading:
What Frustrates Screen Reader Users on the Web: A study of 100 Blind Users, Jonathan Lazar, Aaron Allen and al. Journal of HCI 23(3) 271-287- 2007
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Quiz 12 |
| 11/27/2008 |
No Class |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| Session 14 12/04/2008 |
Social, Legal and Ethical Issues In Computer Human Interaction |
Selected reading: A gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computer and the Internet, 2end Edition,
Sara Baase, Information Accountably, Daniel J. Weitzner and al. June 2008, Vol. No 6 Communication on the ACM
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| Session 15 12/20/2008 |
Cost Justification |
Cost Justification, Bias, Mayhew and Upmanyu, Page 1202-1213 |
Quiz 14 |
Dec 12-18 |
Final Exam |
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