1. Teaching
HCI
in
the
Capital
of
Culture
Damjan
Obal,
Domen
Verber
University
of
Maribor

2. I@nerary
• “The
Double
Challenge”
featuring
Maribor
2012
&
University
of
Maribor.
• Challenges
faced,
ques@ons
asked
• (re)Thinking
HCI
educa@on
• Methodology:
“Experien@al
Double
Diamond”
• The
Case
• What
now?

3. “The
Double
Challenge.”
Featuring…
• Maribor
–
European
Capital
of
Culture
2012.
• University
of
Maribor
-­‐
Media
Communica@on
MA
students
– Ubiquitous
Compu@ng
for
Media

4. Challenge(r)
#1:
Maribor
2012
• Engagement
(tourists
&
locals
&
youth!)
• Connectednes
(content
&
people)

5. Challenge(r)
#2:
Ubicomp4Media
• Maribor
–
European
Capital
of
Culture
2012.
• University
of
Maribor
-­‐
Media
Communica@on
MA
students
– Ubiquitous
Compu@ng
for
Media

6. Challenges
Opportuni@es
• Combine
challenges,
“open
the
box”
• Real
problems
• “Excuse”
to
move
to
HCI

7. Framework
• Exposure
to
real
challenges
• Concrete
goals
yet
open
the
process
• UCD
&
Double
Diamond

8. Framework
• Exposure
to
real
challenges
• Concrete
goals
yet
open
the
process
• UCD
&
Double
Diamond

9. 1/4
Discover
• UCD
and
HCI
101
– Understand
your
users
• Exposed
to
challenges
(by
local
representa@ves,
businesses…)
• Explore
• User
research
in-­‐the-­‐wild
• DIVERGE

10. Shadowing
(ethnographical
research)

11. Show&Tell
(contextual
design,
eg.
Beyer,
Holzblaa)

12. 2/4
Define
• Synthesize
• Data
>
info
>
knowledge
>
insight
=
UNDERSTANDING
• Iden@fy
problems
&
opportuni@es
• CONVERGE

13. Personas
(see
Cooper
et
al.)

14. Personas
&
Scenarios
(see
Cooper
et
al.)

15. User
Journey
Map
(Service
Design)

16. Izbrane vaje
Define
the
canvas

17. 3/4
Develop
• Quan@ty
>
Quality
• Start
lo-­‐fi
and
wide
• Show
to
students
&
users
• Test/
learn/
iterate
• DIVERGE

18. Prototypes

19. !
Prototypes

20. Oblikovanje las
tne rešitve - Se
ndrop 20
Prav tako ima
nadzor
nad lastnim rač
unom
(account setting
s).
Model Prikaz nekaterih
informacij o oro
(about).
dju
meni Uporabnik ustvari svoj plan:
Urnik: Pri tej opciji uprabnik izbere
dneve in ure v katerih želi, da aplikaija
dnevnika
teče. Pisanje
Slika 7 –
MY PLAN FERI, ITK (mag)
| TS: Poročilo
Uporabnik zažene aplikacijo brez
START plana. Ta ga samodejno spominja na
Prototypes
vaje.
EXCERCISES Prikaz vseh vaj.
Informacije in zanimivosti o hrpt-
MY SPIN enici, kto so pravilno sedenje, število
vretenc...
INFO

21. 4/4
Deploy
• Synthesize
(again)
• Finalize
&
refine
• Pitch
solu@ons
to
open
public
• Fight
&
commit
• CONVERGE

22. Rethinking
HCI
• No
way
to
teach
HCI
&
UCD
in
1
course
• Experien@al
learning
(Obrenović)
• HCI
is
interdisciplinary.
Endorse
it
as
such.
• Fuzzy
goals
• Real
people.
Real
challenges.
Real
ideas.
– Mo@va@on
&
commitment
• “forced”
divergence

23. What
now?
• Follow
the
good
guys
• More
partners
(challenges)
• Advocate
UCD
• Teach
HCI
(guerilla?)

24. And
culture?

25. Damjan
Obal,
@damjanobal
Domen
Verber
University
of
Maribor
Venice,
September
2012