Seminar: HCI research methods
This seminar will introduce students to the diversity of qualitative HCI research methods that are used to understand users’ needs, to observe and analyse their daily practices and their interactions with technology, and to evaluate and understand the use of novel technologies.
The seminar is largely structured as a reading class. This means you are expected to read at least one article per week to be able to actively participate in discussions. In addition, you are to prepare and present one topic (based on one key article and further reading) as a half hour presentation, and to submit a written report about this topic at the end of term. You are also expected to do 1 or 2 mini-presentations over the course of the semester (e.g. summarizing one paper, critiquing an article) as part of the discussion format of the seminar.
This seminar takes place in collaboration with the project ‘Understanding Users and Use Contexts: Qualitative HCI Research Methods’. The seminar times will be coordinated with the project as a shared weekly meeting of 2-4 hours. In its organisation and workload, this seminar is ‘front heavy’, as the bulk of reading and oral presentations will take place from April to roughly mid June. The written papers are due in late August.
Note: The seminar can only be taken by students who are not in the project.
|
