F28JA - User-Centred Experimental Design

Course leader(s):

Konstantinos Liaskos (Edinburgh, September)

Aims

To give students an introduction to designing, conducting, and analysing experiments that involve human participants, along with other basic methods of studying interaction with computational artifacts.

Syllabus

1. Interaction design (1.1 Design principles, 1.2 Mental and cognitive models)

2. User requirements and ethics (2.1 Understand users and user needs and requirements, 2.2 Ethics around working with users and user data)

3. Experimental design (theory) (3.1 Learn about different types of experiments and experimental methods)

4. Experimental design (practical) (4.1 Design an experiment to test a theory.)

5. Collect and analyse data (5.1 Collect data from experiment, 5.2 Analyse data, 5.3 Present data)

6. Report writing (6.1 Report experimental design, 6.2 Report data, 6.3 Discuss findings, 6.4 Present conclusions)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to do the following:

identify and present solutions to design challenges in the subject area
propose effective designs to user interfaces with respect to user interface design patterns.
develop awareness of the ethical and legal responsibilities within the discipline
develop skills and acquire practical experience in designing and conducting experiments with users
develop skills in recording and analysing experimental data to test hypotheses and presenting statistical results to provide evidence for research questions
recognise own strengths and weaknesses, and what is possible within time constraints
take responsibility for their own and other’s work by contributing effectively and conscientiously to the work of a group
develop experience and skills in giving and receiving constructive criticism

Further details

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SCQF Level: 8

Credits: 15