Course title
1M990900,4M9993001
Advanced Human Centered Design

 SUGIMOTO Masashi
Purpose of class
Integrate HCD approaches and methodologies into your own graduation research, and acquire the methods for evaluating and analyzing products and services based on them, as well as the design process.
Course content
As digital technologies and services become increasingly sophisticated and complex, it is no longer sufficient to focus solely on “ease of use.” Instead, designing the entire user experience—including how users interpret, understand, and emotionally evaluate products and services—has become critical. Against this backdrop, Human-Centered Design (HCD) is positioned as an internationally standardized approach for designing products, services, and environments based on user behavior, cognition, and emotions. HCD, as outlined in ISO 9241-210, is a framework that provides processes and methodologies not only for usability evaluation but also for systematically creating and improving user experience (UX). In this course, students will learn HCD principles and examples in Sessions 1 through 7, and practice HCD methods in Sessions 8 through 14. This will enable them to understand the benefits and limitations of UCD. The themes and methods used in sessions 8 through 14 will be selected based on student interest.
Goals and objectives
  1. Explain the background and needs of human centered design.
  2. Explain the important key words such as user experience and usability.
  3. Understand and explain the methodologies and techniques necessary to promote HCD, and be able to formulate plans for their utilization.
  4. Critically examine HCD methodologies and processes, taking into account their conditions for application and limitations.
Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

 weekly assignment report Total.
1. 20% 10% 30%
2. 15% 10% 25%
3. 5% 20% 25%
4. 0% 20% 20%
Total. 40% 60% -
Language
Japanese
Class schedule

 Class schedule HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) Amount of Time Required
1． Overview of HCD (background and necessity) and User Experience, Usability review of the handout 100minutes
weekly assignment 90minutes
2． HCD process of ISO 9241-210 and case studies review of the handout 100minutes
weekly assignment 90minutes
3． Human limitations and biases of users review of the handout 100minutes
weekly assignment 90minutes
4． Qualitative approaches and their examples review of the handout 100minutes
weekly assignment 90minutes
5． Quantitative approaches and their examples review of the handout 100minutes
weekly assignment 90minutes
6． Examples of HCD for objects review of the handout 100minutes
weekly assignment 90minutes
7． Examples of HCD for services review of the handout 100minutes
weekly assignment 90minutes
8． User research and analysis methods 1 review of the handout 100minutes
report 90minutes
9． User research and analysis methods 2 review of the handout 100minutes
report 90minutes
10． User research and analysis methods 3 review of the handout 100minutes
report 90minutes
11． User research and analysis methods 4 review of the handout 100minutes
report 90minutes
12． User research and analysis methods 5 review of the handout 100minutes
report 89minutes
13． User research and analysis methods 6 review of the handout 100minutes
report 90minutes
14． User research and analysis methods 7 review of the handout 100minutes
report 90minutes
Total. - - 2659minutes
Evaluation method and criteria
Grades will be based on weekly assignments (40%) and reports (60%), with a minimum passing score of 60. Grade C standard requires not only knowledge of human-centered design but also the ability to critically understand design by applying that knowledge.
Feedback on exams, assignments, etc.
ways of feedback specific contents about "Other"
Feedback in the class
Textbooks and reference materials
reference 1：情報デザインの教室, 情報デザインフォーラム, 丸善出版, 2010
reference 2：人間科学研究法ハンドブック, 高橋順一・渡辺文夫・大渕憲一, ナカニシヤ出版, 2011
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of psychology, sensibility engineering, and UX design is desirable but not required.
Office hours and How to contact professors for questions
  • After class, via email, chat, or online meetings.
Regionally-oriented
Non-regionally-oriented course
Development of social and professional independence
  • Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
  • Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills
Active-learning course
About half of the classes are interactive
Course by professor with work experience
Work experience Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable
N/A
Education related SDGs:the Sustainable Development Goals
  • 8.DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
  • 9.INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
  • 12.RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION
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