Critical Design for Experimental Interaction Prototyping

Course details Integral to our courses is the belief that people improve their professional practice by taking time out to reflect on and reassess what they currently do in the workplace and by sharing their real life experiences with the other like-minded professionals. As a result each course is unique and geared to the experiences of the individuals that are participating, which may result in the course content altering slightly from course to course. This short course will examine topics such as: Analysing the historical context of interactive media development, interactive devices, technologies and future trends for human level interactions Challenging an audience's preconceptions and expectations and/or provoking novel ways of thinking about interaction design Evaluating important social, cultural considerations present in current and emerging technological landscapes Identifying design processes, software solutions and resources for experimentation and exploration Understanding elements and principles of visual design, visual communication and critical play which may lead to the discovery of hidden value Provoking questions which help evaluate human computer interaction. You will: Acquire methodologies and strategies for stimulating novel ways of thinking about existing and future interaction design challenges Gain an understanding of critical design as an approach in design research Recognise the processes of low fidelity prototyping, iterative design and reflective evaluation practice within an interaction design context. Programme Specification Programme specifications provide definitive records of the University's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. View the programme specification for Build Your Own MA (BYOMA) - Media Short Course Framework. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance.