Instructor:     
Matthias Rauterberg, Full Professor,
Department Industrial Design, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Benefits

This lecture course offers 2SP (60 hrs) for successful active participation.

After following this lecture course the graduate student should be able to:

• understand the different approaches to User-System-Interaction (USI) research
• understand the human requirements and different interaction styles
• can describe the different dimensions of user-system interaction
• is able to choose the most appropriate usability engineering method
• can come up with new ideas and insights for advanced USI research

Abstract

User-System-Interaction (USI) research is still a dynamic research field where new concepts and new ideas are continuously proposed and discussed to cope with technological innovation and with the emerging needs of both social and professional communities. This lecture course explains the workings of fundamental interaction techniques, demonstrated how interfaces should be designed, and reviewed the state f the art for systematic evaluation and development.

Topics

·         research paradigms and process

·         the human user

·         interaction design

·         usability engineering methods and tools

·         examples

Prerequisites

Some knowledge of traditional human-computer interaction and/or user interfaces.

Literature

Deborah Mayhew (1992) Principles and Guidelines in Software User Interface Design. ISBN  0-13-721929-6

Deborah Mayhew (1999) The Usability Engineering Lifecycle. ISBN 1-55860-561-4

Jenny Preece, Helen Sharp, Yvonne Rogers (2002) Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction. ISBN 0-471-49278-7
John Carroll (2002, ed.) Human-Computer Interaction in the New Millennium. ISBN 0-201-70447-1

Format

At every meeting several lectures will be given and discussed; relevant literature is presented and referred to. Focus is on the relevance for ongoing and future research at Department ID-UCE, ID-DI, Department TM-MTI, and Department BWK-USO. Active participation of participants is required.

Course schedule 2005-2006

Date

Topic

Literature/background material

22 November
09:30-12:00
IPO 0.11

Assignment: Find a part in your live which could be changed to influence your perception of yourself and/or the world!

06 December
09:30-12:00
IPO 0.11

[lecture-4] [PDF]

Microsoft (2001) GUI Design Guide.
[online]

17 January 2006
09:30-12:00
IPO 0.11

31 January 2006
09:30-12:00
IPO 0.11

[lecture-7] [PDF]

14 February 2006
09:30-12:00
IPO 0.11

[lecture-8] [PDF]