Advanced HCI Design Research

Course title

1M113000

Course content

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a field of study that examines how humans handle computers (systems), interact with them (experience input-output interactions), and how humans interact with each other and live socially via computers. This is a field of study that examines how humans interact with each other and live socially via computers. This course aims at understanding the significance, methods, and recent examples of Research through Design (RtD) in the HCI research area. Students will be required to give a presentation on their assigned paper in a round-table format. Invention and design-driven research differs from other research methods used in science and engineering research. In the first half of the class, the instructor will introduce what HCI and HCI design are and the paper written by John Jimmerman et al. that proposes the significance and importance of RtD in HCI design research. The class will then proceed with presentations by students on their assigned papers, followed by questions and comments. Students are required to give at least one oral presentation of an English paper from the list of assigned papers, read all the papers, and submit a short report each time for credit. Depending on the number of students enrolled in the course, the papers may be read in groups.

Purpose of class

To understand, HCI design, RtD methodologies, and specific research findings in HCI design research. Also, to be able to construct an RtD-type research concept.

Goals and objectives

Learn what HCI and HCI design is.
Understand what RtD is and be able to develop a research plan in accordance with RtD
Read and present state-of-the-art international conference papers

Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

	small reports	presentation	Total.
1.	10%	5%	15%
2.	10%	5%	15%
3.	10%	60%	70%
Total.	30%	70%	-

Language

Japanese(English accepted)

Class schedule

	Class schedule	HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.)	Amount of Time Required
1．	Introduction, HCI design and interaction design, presentation of list of assigned papers, scheduling of presentation responsibilities	Small Reports	60minutes
2．	Research through Design in HCI Design 1	Small Reports	60minutes
3．	Research through Design in HCI Design 2	Small Reports	60minutes
3．	Research through Design in HCI Design 2	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
4．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Small Reports	60minutes
4．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
5．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Small Reports	60minutes
5．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
6．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Small Reports	60minutes
6．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
7．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Small Reports	60minutes
7．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
8．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Small Reports	60minutes
8．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
9．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Small Reports	60minutes
9．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
10．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Small Reports	60minutes
10．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
11．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Small Reports	60minutes
11．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
12．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Small Reports	60minutes
12．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
13．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Small Reports	60minutes
13．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
14．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Small Reports	60minutes
14．	Presentation by students, Q&A, discussion	Reading assigned paper	180minutes
Total.	-	-	3000minutes

Evaluation method and criteria

The grade will be 30% for a short report and 70% for a paper presentation, with a score of 60 or higher being considered passing. 60 points will be given if the student can read the flow and claims (main claims) of the RtD-type paper to be covered in the class, prepare appropriate materials, and present them to the instructor and other students.

Feedback on exams, assignments, etc.

ways of feedback	specific contents about "Other"
Feedback in the class

Textbooks and reference materials

John Zimmerman, Jodi Forlizzi, and Shelley Evenson. 2007. Research through design as a method for interaction design research in HCI. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '07). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 493–502. https://doi.org/10.1145/1240624.1240704

Christopher Frayling (1993), Research in Art and Design, Royal College of Art Research Papers, Volume 1 No.1.

Prerequisites

Read John Zimmerman et al. 2007

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