Intro Session

We'll refer to these during the first class session

Design

  1. Wadlow, M. G. (January 01, 1994). Design as a Way of Life: Menagerie or Melting Pot?. ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 26, 1, 7-8.
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  2. Norman, D. (January 01, 2006). The Way I See It: Words Matter. Talk About People-Not Customers, Not Consumers, Not Users. Interactions, 13, 5, 49,63.
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Interaction Design?

  • Interaction design is concerned with designing interactive products to support the way people communicate and interact in their everyday and working lives
  • It is concerned with how to create quality user experiences
  • It requires taking into account a number of interdependent factors, including context of use, type of activities, cultural differences, and user groups
  • It is multidisciplinary, involving many inputs from wide-reaching disciplines and fields

Optional readings which may come up in class discussions

Marcus, A. (September 01, 2003). When is a user not a user?: Who are we? What do we do?. Interactions, 10, 5, 28-34.
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Marcus, A. (September 01, 2002). Dare we define user-interface design?: should discount methods be cleared off HCI's shelves?. Interactions, 9, 5, 19-24.
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Allen, B., & Buie, E. (March 01, 2002). What's in a word?: The semantics of usability. Interactions, 9, 2, 17-21.
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