Human Computer Interaction

Content

Objective

The goal of the course is to familiarize students with the principles and research issues related to HCI

Course Content

Week 1. Introduction to human computer interaction

Week 2. History of HCI

Week 3. Human: I/O channels, memory

Week 4. Human: reasoning and problem solving

Week 5.Computer: I/O devices, memory, processing

Week 6.Interaction: models of interaction

Week 7. Oral presentations

Week 8. Interaction styles

Week 9.Usability paradigms and principles

Week 10. Interaction design

Week 11.Oral presentations

Week 12.Graphical user interfaces

Week 13.Advanced topics

Week 14.Project presentations

Course Learning Outcomes

The students should be able to:

1. Identify the major concepts and findings of the current research on HCI
2. Articulate their own particular interests in the context of these main research contributions;
3. Critique human-computer interaction processes and system interfaces in terms of the research on HCI
4. Propose system design features which might facilitate system use, based on their understanding of HCI

Teaching and Learning Methods

oral presentation with slides
student presentations
reporting
term project

References

‘Human computer interaction’, Alan Dix.

Weekly Contents

Assessment System

Relation of Proficiency

ECTS