Human-Computer Interaction III: Ethics, Needfinding and Prototyping
Massive Open Online Course
What You Will Learn
- The structure of the design life cycle: needfinding, brainstorming, prototyping, and evaluation
- The value of research ethics and the importance of emphasizing the user’s rights
- The role of Institutional Review Boards in governing university research
- The importance of ethics in industry and the mechanisms for ensuring they are maintained
- Mechanisms for active needfinding, including surveys, interviews, and focus groups
- Approaches to personal needfinding, including participant observation and apprenticeship
- Ways to observe organic interaction, such as naturalistic observation or investigation of hacks and workarounds
How You Will Benefit
- Understand the design life cycle and its first three major stages: needfinding, brainstorming, and prototyping.
- Understand the ethical implications of HCI research and how to safeguard users’ rights.
- Understand the structure of the design life cycle: needfinding, brainstorming, prototyping, and evaluation.
- Understand the value of research ethics and the importance of emphasizing the user’s rights.
- Become familiar with the role of Institutional Review Boards in governing university research.
- Understand ways to observe organic interaction, such as naturalistic observation or investigation of hacks and workarounds.
- Learn approaches to brainstorming design ideas, both individually and in groups.
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