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School of Arts and Digital and Industries. BSc (Hons) Multimedia Design Technology BA (Hons) Interactive Media Design Presented by Dr. Tony Sampson (BSc, PGCE, MA, PhD). The Field and School. Media Communications and Screen Studies in the new School of Arts and Digital Industries.
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School of Arts and Digital and Industries BSc (Hons) Multimedia Design TechnologyBA (Hons) Interactive Media Design Presented by Dr. Tony Sampson (BSc, PGCE, MA, PhD)
The Field and School Media Communications and ScreenStudies in the new School of Arts and Digital Industries • Programmes • Media Studies • Film and Video • BSc (Hons) Multimedia Design Technology • BA (Hons) Interactive Media Design • Computer Games Design • Computer Games Technology • Communication Studies • MA Programmes in Multimedia & Digital Culture • PhDs
Teaching and Research • Rated among the top 10 modern universities for research by the Guardian
Undergraduate Programmes in New Media BSc (Hons) Multimedia Design Technology BA (Hons) Interactive Media Design
Approach: Thinking and Doing • Design • Technology/Production • Research
What do we do? Designing User Experiences Design Dead 0n Arrival Interactive Comic
The Gadget Show and UEL Student Work See related news stories From 2011: Channel 5 calls on UEL expertise for Gadget Show From 2008: Award-winning UEL comic book stars return to heroes’ welcome See the Gadget Show See Dracula: The Interactive Comic
What do we do? Navigation Design Navigating the Space of Interaction Bursary project Artist’s portfolio D
What do we do? Design Principles • Design principles • Interface design • Interaction design • Navigation design • Information design • Designing user choices, feedback and experiences • Graphics, Photoshop, Illustrator, web design, Flash, 3D, mobile and pervasive design
What do we do? Tech/Production Technology & Production
What do we do? Educational Software The Project Blog http://www.affect-ed.com
What do we do? Participatory Media http://www.playratecreate.co.uk
What do we do? Tech/Production • Tech/Production • Web authoring, multimedia authoring (Flash), media production (audio, video) graphics, ubicomp, Photoshop, Illustrator, multimedia hardware (platforms), 3D Max, dynamic web (php, MySQL), major project work at level 3 • BSc (Hons) Multimedia Design Technology (coding, hardware/software, php) • BA (Hons) Interactive Media Design (media production - audio, video)
What do we do? Research Research
What do we research? Users User Experience Design What users think and feel about new media experiences
What do we research? Users Preliminary User Testing: Card Sorting
What do we research? Users User Testing Preliminary User Testing with Prototypes
What do we research? Users Results Preliminary Flow Charts
New investment in UXD research and user testing software See related industry link
What do we research? User Experiences Ideas • Concepts and Methods • Interactivity, network space, convergence, collective intelligence, participation, mobile, experience, attention, emotional, pervasive, affect… • Proposing ideas and research questions • User testing Researching User Experience • Understand how users think (cognitive) • Usages (behavioural) • Emotional responses (visceral)
Where are they now? Examples of Former Students • User Experience Design Specialist • UXD Consultant • Production & Marketing Director • Senior Web Developer - Team Lead at Nokia • Head of New Media Productions at Travel Channel International • Freelancers • Freelancers
Commercial sector Broadband Production / development companies Freelancers Publicly funded The BBC Public Records Office General or specialist roles New Media producers Dynamic content managers Project managers Interactive content developers Designers Researchers/editors Games designers Graduate Opportunities
BSc (Hons) Multimedia IT skills Programming, scripting and dynamic content IT companies & working practices HCI Concepts and theories about relationship between ICTs and society BA (Hons) Interactive Media Media production skills Sound, video, audio graphics Media industry and working practices Media concepts and theories concerning representation identity and information Programme Focus