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Topic
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Reading
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Homework
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Week 1
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Sep 3
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Introduction
(HW
0)
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Sep 5
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Design of Everyday
things (HW 1)
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Ch 1,
The Psychopathology of everyday things (handout)
The perfect brainstorm
(handout)
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HW 0
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Week 2
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Sep 10
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History
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The Xerox Star system
(handout)
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Sep 12
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The Human Information Processor (HW 2, Project
1)
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The Human Information Processor (handout)
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HW 1
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Week 3
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Sep 17
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The Human Information Processor
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Sep 19
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High level Theories
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Ch 2
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HW 2
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Week 4
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Sep 24
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Computers
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Ch9,
There's more to interaction than meets the eye (handout)
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Sep 26
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Toward Ubiquitous Computing
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The computer for the 21st century (handout)
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Week 5
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Oct 1
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Design
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The designer's stance (handout)
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Oct 3
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User Centered Design (Project 2)
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Ch3, Task-Centered
User Interface Design (Ch 1)
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Project
1
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Week 6
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Oct 8
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Conceptual Models
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Ch 6, Cognitive
engineering (handout)
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Oct 10
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Graphics design
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Organization and visual structure (handout)
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Grad proposal
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Week 7
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Oct 15
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Visual Presentation
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Ch 7, Escaping Flatland (handout)
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Oct 17
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Design Psychology
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Study list for mid-term |
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Week 8
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Oct 22
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Evaluation
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Ch4
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Oct 24
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Qualitative Evaluation (Project 3)
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Project 2
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Week 9
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Oct 29
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Midterm Exam |
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Oct 31
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Invited
lecture:
Ben Bederson
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Week 10
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Nov 5
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Quantitative Evaluation
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Consent form, Survey
,mid-term key
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Nov 7
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Design
Exercise
(HW 3)
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Ch 5
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Week 11
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Nov 12
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Project 3 Presentations
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Nov 14
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Project 3 Presentations
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Project 3
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Week 12
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Nov 19
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Project 3 Presentations
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Nov 21
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Usability Heuristics I , (
HW4, Project
4 ) |
Ch 10,Evaluting the design
without users |
HW 3 |
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Week 13
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Nov 26
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Usability Heuristics II |
Ch 11, 13
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Nov 28
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ThanksGiving
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Week 14
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Dec 3
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Technology life cycle |
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Dec 5
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Grad project presentation
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HW 4 |
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Week 15
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Dec 10
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Project 4 Presentations
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Grad project
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Dec 12
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Project 4 Presentations
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Project 4
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Dec 21
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Final exam (10:30-12:30)
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Study list
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