Technology & Human Interaction (351-0-1)

Instructors

Darren Gergle

Meeting Info

Frances Searle Building 2107: Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

Facebook and Twitter provide persistent services for exchanging personal information, Snaps can be compiled into stories that provide insight about your last 24 hours, ubiquitous and tangible computing environments allow objects to adapt to our everyday experiences, and new collaboration technologies enable people to work together on projects when they are thousands of miles apart. The design of such systems, however, is not simply a technical question. In order to successfully create these systems, we need to understand how people work, play, and communicate with one another in a wide variety of situations. This course illustrates the practice of understanding human interactions that take place both with and through technology; and it explores the design, creation and evaluation of technologies to support such interactions. Course topics include: design processes, prototype construction and technology evaluation techniques. Specialized topics may include social software and collaborative systems, value-sensitive design, and agent-based technologies. No programming experience is necessary. There will be occasional labs to explain technical content. Course requirements include short hands-on exercises, two exams, and a group project.

Class Materials (Required)

No textbook required.

Class Attributes

No Freshmen

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: COMP_SCI students must enroll in the COMP_SCI version of this course. Please search for COMP_SCI 314-0 and add it to your shopping cart to complete your registration.