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Creating a sense of anticipation. my practice. We have been encouraged to take a strata-like or concentric / spiral approach to our practice But running through these layers are, for me, recurrent themes and it is these that I shall talk about. my caveat.
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my practice • We have been encouraged to take a strata-like or concentric / spiral approach to our practice • But running through these layers are, for me, recurrent themes and it is these that I shall talk about
my caveat • Teaching and research are not separate activities • And are not informed by separate philosophies or methods • Both are expressions of an underlying conviction / belief / explanatory account
Atheoretic Concrete Pragmatic Phronesis Coping Theoretical Formal Principled Context / context-free Reflective An exercise in antonyms
But rather than a linear treatment of these themes I will try to consider them ready-to-hand rather than present-at-hand
Interaction design • Where to start • The assessment • What to teach • The necessary skills to complete the assessment
Instructional design • Practical (doing not reflecting) • Iterative (mid-point evaluation) • Relevant (not TA or anything like it) • Appealing (fashionable, timely, cool)
the assessment • You are required to design and evaluate a mini-application which might be suitable to run on an Apple iPhone. • Your application must be designed for the opposite sex. If you are a woman you must design the application for men specifically. If you are a man you must design the application for women specifically. • Design choices must be justified – that is, you must provide a rationale for your choices.
Effects of feedback on HCI performance • Part 1 - lo-fi prototype, scenario, persona & design rationale • 15 minutes f/b & questions • Part 2 - ‘higher’-fi prototype, response to f/b & evaluation
Astrological / horoscopes Shopping guides Fashion related Fitness / health / dietary advice / calorie counter Womens’ magazines Menstruation calendar, contraceptive pill reminder for women
Beer guides Sports guides A simple cook book for men
Movies http://146.176.222.184:8080/ramgen/ed/SOC/ISD/iPhone.rm http://146.176.222.184:8080/ramgen/ed/SOC/ISD/istrology.rm
No theory • No reflection • No context • No methodologies • Instead - creative engagement where evaluation means answering the question “does it work?”