Further Human–Computer Interaction
Lecture 1: Theory driven approaches to HCI
- Course introduction: Alan and Luke in conversation (2:20)
- Using theory in design (Luke) (4:10)
- Example of the design process (Luke) (5:20)
- Three waves of HCI (Alan) (7:00)
- Alternative approaches (Conversation) (4:30)
Lecture 2: Design of visual displays
- Introduction (Alan) (3:00)
- Illustrated encyclopaedia article, with two short videos embedded.
Video 1: pictorial and artistic representation (15:00).
Video 2: design example and background (11:20).
Take a look at the article too - the text here is the same as in lecture notes, but the web page has more illustrations. - Visual metaphor (Alan) (14:20)
- Correspondence analysis of Gapminder (Alan) (7:40)
Lecture 3: Goal-oriented interaction
- Interaction as search (Luke) (2:53)
- Cognitive Walkthrough (Luke) (7:24)
- Cognitive Walkthrough applied to APIs (Luke) (8:04)
- Heuristics and biases (Alan) (14:40)
- Wicked problems (Alan) (5:00)
Lecture 4: Designing efficient systems
- Information constraints on pointing (Alan) (8:15)
- KLM and measuring efficiency (Luke) (6:10)
(See also a description of the experiment with varying the number of search results - watch from 4:53 until 9:11) - Statistical comparisons (Alan) (13:00)
- Beyond efficiency (Alan) (5:00)
Lecture 5: Designing smart systems
- Smart text entry (Luke) (12:20)
- Information efficient IDEs (Luke) (12:20)
- Guest content from
Prof. Per Ola Kristensson - you might want to jump to
Comparing novel text entry methods to keyboards (watch until 13:00, and for further interest continue until 17:17 for innovative design solutions for smart keyboards)
Optional extras (information theory and text entry):
- Explore the (Cambridge-based) Dasher project
- Check out Peter Norvig’s experiments modelling the distribution of letter frequencies within English texts.
Lecture 6: Designing meaningful systems
- Design Ethnography - Intro (Simon Pulman-Jones) (2:00)
- Design Ethnography - Part 1, Context (Simon Pulman-Jones) (10:00)
- Design Ethnography - Part 2, Context & Design (Simon Pulman-Jones) (11:30)
- Design Ethnography - Part 3, Culture (Simon Pulman-Jones) (14:30)
Optional extras (further reading on design ethnography):
- Paper by Nadya Pohran, Timoth Baker, Simon Pulman-Jones and Amy Weatherup (Part 2 of the lecture): Harnessing Empathy To Scale A Healthtech Startup During The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study Of myICUvoice, A Communication Tool Designed For Critical Care
- Paper by Ari Shapiro (Part 3 of the lecture): Irrational Choices, Unfathomable Outcomes: Patient Ethnographies in Pharmaceutical Research
- The Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC) www.epicpeople.org
Lecture 7: Evaluating interactive system designs
- Approaches to evaluation (Alan) (10:30)
- Applying A/B tests in industry (Rochelle King, Spotify) (watch until 8:35)
- Analysing qualitative data (Alan) (12:30)
- How to evaluate a Part II project - Part A (Alan) (6:30)
- How to evaluate a Part II project - Part B (Alan) (10:10)
Optional extras:
- Try out an interface designed for qualitative coding: Coda from Africa’s Voices Foundation
- Check out Rochelle King’s book Designing with Data