As an independent work you are expected to read a book on interaction design / interface design / usability topics and write a summary. There is a selection of books available in the institute of informatics (rooms T-419 and T-511) and in TLU library:
- IFI library
- IMKE library
- ESTER (human computer interaction)
- ESTER (usability)
- ESTER (user interfaces)
- ESTER (web design)
The amount of time that you should spend on reading and book summary is about 40 hours. Therefore a 200…300 page book is a good choice. For longer books you can read just selected chapters. The expected length of a book summary is 800–1200 words. Book summary can be published in the student blog or sent to the teacher by e-mail. The deadline for sending book summaries is May 22nd.
Please let me know which book you are planning to read (post a comment here or send me an e-mail). So far I have agreed books with Tatjana (About Face 3) and Arne (Designing with the Mind in Mind). Several students may also choose the same book.
I will read O’Reilly’s “Designing Social Interfaces” and choose more specific chapters while reading it.
I picked J. P. Hourcade’s “Interaction Design and Children”
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