Course Organisation
- The location of this course is still not fixed, because we have an enrolment of 129 as of this morning, which is 2.5x the number that Timetabling originally scheduled. So keep an eye on announcements!
- You will receive an announcement, both on LEARN and via email, as soon as the revised page with the readings and materials for the week goes live.
- Questions and comments are about the material covered in the course. If you have any questions and comments about how the course is run, email me. I expect at least one pertinent question and/or comment pertinent to the material.
- I am taking attendance, because many of you are here on Tier 4 visas, and the Home Office expects them to report in regularly.
- You will need to access most of the papers referenced in this web site through a University account. I’m not allowed to link to Sci Hub, I’m afraid.
- If you have any additional support needs, both documented and undocumented, please contact me now!
Themes from Questions and Comments (First Part)
Many of you requested discussion of examples from privacy and security and from game design and development.
Theme 1: Inclusive Design
Does inclusive design mean that we need to design for everyone? How does that work in practice, and how can we get it to work?
Additional Resources: The Inclusive Design Cube
Theme 2: Affordances
What is an affordance, why does it matter, and why do we differentiate between physical and perceived affordances and cultural conventions?
Additional resources: Bad Designs
Where does the term come from? An overview paper from Ecological Psychology
How is it used in HCI? A summary by McGrenere and Ho. See in particular Figure 3 in that paper for a good explanation of why we care about this concept.
Theme 3: Perception
Why do we care about perceptual thresholds, and how are they established?
Theme 4: Signal Detection Theory
How does signal detection theory work, and why does it matter for design?
Additional resources:
Introduction by David Heeger
Course Activities (Second Part)
You will be observing a variety of classrooms and set ups as you take this course. As an ongoing activity, I’d like you to keep notes about the way in which the environment affected your ability to learn. Did you have good seats? Could you see and hear? Was it immediately obvious to you where best to sit?
Top Hat Activities: Culture and Language, Neko Atsume reviews, Neko Atsume user experience
