INF5722 – Experimental Design of IT

Course content

The course teaches participatory experimental design, and continue a tradition at IFI emphasizing user involvement in the design process. The course curriculum is drawing on new techniques from other use-oriented design traditions as well. The purpose of this course is to give the students theoretical and practical knowledge of use-oriented design and the design process. The course includes the use of participatory and experimental techniques from the development of ICT-based services and systems as well as product design . The emphasis is on IT as integral to the use environments and activities. The goal is to design better technologies for the users’ demands and needs-, and provide a better use experience in the activity that the technology will be part of (eg.  -doing taxes, living in a smart house, work).

Learning outcome

After you have completed this course, you

  • possess knowledge to develop a rich understanding of the use context and the user
  • possess knowledge to implement a use-oriented design process where mutual learning is a goal
  • possess skills in various techniques to explore the technical and use-oriented design possibilities
  • possess skills in various techniques for collaborating with users in experimenting with design solutions
  • have gained a basic experience of working in groups
  • can demonstrate a design proposal for the users and discuss it with them
  • can analyze the design and argue for the choice of perspective, materials and form in the solution

Admission

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Prerequisites

Recommended previous knowledge

INF2260 – Interaksjonsdesign (discontinued)/INF4260 – Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) (discontinued)/INF4060 – Interaksjonsdesign (discontinued)

We recommend to take this course together with INF5261 – Development of mobile information systems and services (discontinued). We would like to see students with other relevant backgrounds such as the DIG, TOOL and ITSLP programs or design / technology courses from other faculties.

Overlapping courses