Human-Computer Interaction

Description

Upon completion of this course, the student can: Evaluate and reflect on the complex interplay between the (properties of) technologies, the characteristics of the users and the context in which people interact with technologies; Interpret the major intellectual virtues in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) from classical HCI to modern and contemporary HCI, apply this knowledge to everyday cases, and provide appropriate reasoning to support one’s claims; Analyse the methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives used to study the design, evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and the major phenomena surrounding them; Identify the interdisciplinarity of the field and evaluate how disciplines as computer sciences, psychology and social sciences have shaped (evolutions in) this amalgam of perspectives, opinions, viewpoints and methods. The student can apply this knowledge to concrete examples. These objectives will be communicated to the students at the start of the lectures.