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Human-Computer Interaction I: Fundamentals & Design Principles
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- The overall goals of human-computer interaction.
- The relationship between HCI, user experience design, human factors engineering, and psychology.
- The relevance of HCI to domains like healthcare, education, and cybersecurity.
- The trends in HCI technology including virtual reality, augmented reality, and robotics.
- The emerging ideas in HCI research, such as context-sensitive computing, gesture-based interaction, and social computing.
- The three main schools of thought in HCI: the processor, predictor, and participant views.
- The feedback cycle in user interaction, including gulfs of execution and evaluation.
- The notion of directness in interaction, and the role of direct manipulation.
- The strengths and limitations of the human user, including sensation and memory.
- The role of design principles and heuristics in user interface design.
- The most important principles for design, including discoverability, affordances, perceptibility, and error tolerance.
Prerequisite
Instructors
David Joyner
Senior Research Associate at the College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Techology
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