Course title
Human-machine system interaction and user research
Credits
3
Hours
48
Purpose
The main goal of the design is to bridge the gap between technology and human scenarios and to create interactive interfaces and channels between people and artifacts. The main goal of the course is to develop students' skills, experience and abilities to solve complex design problems using methods and principles of human-machine systems, interaction design and user research. The course is particularly focused on exploring, experimenting, and creating new possibilities for human-computer interaction—both physical, graphical, and sound. The course builds a project-based design environment, prototyping and user research throughout the course. In addition, the course develops students' design research, in-depth design, teamwork and bilingual communication skills.
About this course
The main content of the course includes knowledge/user analysis, behavioral model, interaction model, functional structure, task analysis, scenario migration model, workflow, object model, system integration and so on. The expected output of the course includes a phase presentation, a conceptual solution, a prototype, a design report, or a paper.
Bibliography
"Ergonomics", edited by Zhao Jianghong, Higher Education Press, 2005
Human-Computer Interaction, Alan Dix, Electronic Industry Press, 2006
